it's set up so that the character stays centered, and the bg moves. in the bgMC are other MC's, some of which move in motion tweens. for example, in one room (bgMC) there is a cart on tracks, that goes across the room. it loops in a motion tween. it isn't visible unless you walk to that corner of the room. but the whole room moves really slow. so i'm wondering if i could tell that cart MC not to play until it enters the screen - although i don't know if that's the reason the bg is so slow.

it's hard to put all this in words, so i'm going to try to get a version up and running tonight or tomorrow. maybe it'll be more clear then.

astrocalder