Movement with easing

[Borje]

In a presentation (Flash MX. Mac) a movie clip shall move from one place to another on the stage with very smooth easing before stopping. I usually do that with a tween on the timeline. But now I would like to get that in a script in a key frame instead on the timeline, for a smother movement, I hope, and I will reuse this many times in the presentation. So now I wonder if someone out there can show me how to write that script, please?

[daarboven]

calculate the distance between startpoint and targetpoint, then add this distance divided by an easing factor to the current position
of your mc
main Timeline:

code:

---

//define values

//startpoint is whereever you place the moviclip myMC

startpoint = myMC._x;

//define a target position

targetpoint = 220;

//the easing factor, lower values=faster movement

easeme = 12;

//the easing function

myMC.onEnterFrame = function() {

//calculate distance

	dist = Math.round(targetpoint-this._x);

//add distance divided by factor

	this._x += dist/easeme;



	if (dist == 0) {

//at the position, kill on enterFrame

		trace("here");

		delete this.onEnterFrame;

	}

};

---

[Borje]

Thanks a lot Daarboven!

[light tuner]

All you need to know about easing equations can be found here:

http://www.robertpenner.com/easing/

enjoy!

[Borje]

Yes, you are right there is all you need to know. Thank you