[F8] animating with actionscript

[Gearu]

I'm working on an animation. The 'red balls' enter, breaks up and bounces around the stage. What I want to do is to have all those balls stop (when the user clicks) and move to the center of the stage. I was wondering if it was possible to do this using actionscript? The red balls are coded to move around randomly.

Here's the SWF file:
Animation SWF

So right now, when you click, the balls just stop...but I know if I enter

this._X = 400;
this._Y = 300;

in the onClipEvent (mouseUp) part of my code, all the balls will be placed in the center. So I was wondering if there a way to have the balls stop and actually have them all MOVE towards the center?

Each ball is a movie clip and I'm using this code to control all the balls:

   onClipEvent (load) {

    	speed = 25;
    	angle = random(360);
    	speedX = Math.cos(angle*Math.PI/180)*speed;
    	speedY = Math.sin(angle*Math.PI/180)*speed;

    }

    onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
   	
        this._X += speedX;
    	this._y += speedY;

    	if (this._X>=760) {
    		speedX = -speedX;


    	} else if (this._X<=15) {
    		speedX = -speedX;


    	} if (this._Y>=560) {
    		speedY = -speedY;


    	} else if (this._Y<=15) {
    		speedY = -speedY;

    	}

    }

    onClipEvent (mouseUp) {

    	speed = 0; 
    	angle = 0; 
    	speedX = 0;
    	speedY = 0;

    }

Hope I explained my problem clearly!
Thanks.

[whispers]

can you post your .fla with the balls and this code only?.. Im sure it will only be a few tweaks..

maybe on mouse down you delete the current enterFrame actions..and run another one.. stating what positions you need the balls to go to.I whipped this up.. I messed with the area constraints..but you dont have to...

see if this works for you:

onClipEvent (load) {
    speed = 25;
    angle = random(360);
    speedX = Math.cos(angle*Math.PI/180)*speed;
    speedY = Math.sin(angle*Math.PI/180)*speed;
}

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
   	if(centerMode != true) {
        this._X += speedX;
    	this._y += speedY;
    	if (this._X >= (Stage.width - this._height/2)) {
    		speedX = -speedX;
    	} else if (this._X <= (0 + this._height/2)) {
    		speedX = -speedX;
    	} if (this._Y >= (Stage.height - this._height/2)) {
    		speedY = -speedY;
    	} else if (this._Y <= (0 + this._height/2)) {
    		speedY = -speedY;
    	}
	}else if (centerMode == true) {
			this._x -= (this._x - _root.goTo_x)/6;
			this._y -= (this._y - _root.goTo_y)/6;
	} 
}

onClipEvent (mouseUp) {
	centerMode = true;
	_root.goTo_x = 300;
	_root.goTo_y = 400;
	/*
	speed = 0; 
    angle = 0; 
    speedX = 0;
    speedY = 0;
	*/
}

[whispers]

hi..here is a second revision I did... using two buttons to control the sopping and starting of the 'bounce' animation:

onClipEvent (load) {
    speed = 25;
    angle = random(360);
	_root.centerMode = false;
    speedX = Math.cos(angle*Math.PI/180)*speed;
    speedY = Math.sin(angle*Math.PI/180)*speed;
}

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
   	if(_root.centerMode == false) {
        this._x += speedX;
    	this._y += speedY;
    	if (this._x >= (Stage.width - this._height/2)) {
    		speedX = -speedX;
    	} else if (this._x <= (0 + this._height/2)) {
    		speedX = -speedX;
    	} if (this._y >= (Stage.height - this._height/2)) {
    		speedY = -speedY;
    	} else if (this._y <= (0 + this._height/2)) {
    		speedY = -speedY;
    	}
	}else if(_root.centerMode == true) {
			this._x -= (this._x - _root.goTo_x)/6;
			this._y -= (this._y - _root.goTo_y)/6;
	} 
}

/*onClipEvent (mouseUp) {
	centerMode = true;
	_root.goTo_x = 300;
	_root.goTo_y = 400;
	
	speed = 0; 
    angle = 0; 
    speedX = 0;
    speedY = 0;
	
}*/

and of the two buttons I have this code:

on (press) {
	_root.centerMode = false;
}

and

on (press) {
	_root.centerMode = true;
	_root.goTo_x = Stage.width/2;
	_root.goTo_y = Stage.height/2;
	/*
	_root.goTo_x = 300;
	_root.goTo_y = 400;
	*/
}

this way you can stop and start it whenever.. (I just moved it to a button event for testing purposes)

[Gearu]

thanks a lot, whispers! Got it to work now.

Here's the result:
SWF

If you still want to see the fla:
FLA

And I have an .AS file for the code:
AS file

[whispers]

glad it all worked out!!

can I ask what this will be for? Or just an experiment?

Would be cool if on another click they started to move around again..

[Gearu]

It's for a presentation. I'm just creating an interactive diagram/chart to show how a company I work for is structured. The red balls represent individuals that make up the company. (Corny i know) The part you saw is just the intro animation.