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Movieclip disappears after 5 minutes

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April 2, 2008
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Hi,

I have a movieclip (instance name: main) which fades in onto the stage/browser. Everything goes well, except after about 5 minutes the movieclip disappears.

What am I doing wrong??

I have attached my code.

Here's the link where you can find the .swf:
www.culpa-events.be/news.swf

Thanks for the efforts made to help me out.

A starting AS'er,
JacK

ActionScript

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Correct answer silkyjack

Here's the solution:

The code I was using before wasn't correct. I put in a trace there to see what tha alpha was doing and it just kept going way further than 100.

Thanks for your link to the depth article!!

JacK.

kglad

Community Expert

you're welcome.

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Anonymous

thanks!

kglad

Community Expert

that loop consumes user computer resources. one unneeded loop is not the end of the world, it's just poor coding. if you routinely allow loops to run, you will cause noticeable problems if you have enough loops.

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Anonymous

Oh no, haha. Does it slow it down or something? What exactly is the problem? I have very inefficient coding skills.

kglad

Community Expert

that's not good coding. you should delete your interval when it's no longer needed and restart it, if and, when it's needed.

kglad

Community Expert

you're welcome.

kglad

Community Expert

you're welcome.

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silkyjackAuthorCorrect answer

Participant

Here's the solution:

The code I was using before wasn't correct. I put in a trace there to see what tha alpha was doing and it just kept going way further than 100.

Thanks for your link to the depth article!!

JacK.

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Anonymous

I had that issue too, and the way I got around it was by adding a condition to forces it to stop at 100, like so:

yourMCinstancename.onEnterFrame = function() {
_alpha += 5;
if (_alpha >= 100) {
_alpha = 100;
}
}

and it will never disappear until you want it to!

kglad

Community Expert

in all my projects in use one variable to control all depths. because there are so many depths available for dynamic placement of flash objects, there's no reason to increment depths sparingly and this prevents depth collisions.

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/depths.htm

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silkyjackAuthor

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Thanks,
I'll get into it and post my solution here..if I find it

kglad

Community Expert

that code's not causing the problem. if main suddenly disappears (without fading), you're probably overwriting it's depth, though you could be changing one of its properties, too.

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silkyjackAuthor

Participant

Hi kglad,

thanks for the fast reply. How do I prevent that it's depth is overwritten? Or do you have a link to a tutorial where I can find out more about my issue?

Regards,
JacK.

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