Do I need to stop a tweened movie clip if it's not visible?

[paul_james123]

Hi,

I'm a beginner.

I have a tweened movie clip (it has a changing alpha state that makes it fade up from invisible). I hide this movie clip when the movie starts (with "myMovieClip__MC.visible = false" at the top of the frame script. My question is this: Is this movie clip still tweening while it's hidden (and using processor resources)? IOW: should I hide it AND stop it at the movie start...or is that unnecessary because when it's hidden it's stopped?

Thanks

[kglad · Accepted solution]

it's still playing and using some resources even if not visible and not on the stage or in the display list, but it may not be using that many resources.