Motion with slowdown and Book recommendations

[James Brown]

Hi there.

A 2 part actionscript question.

1. I want to use actionscript to move an object from A to B and gradually
slowing down as it gets to point B. I know how to move it in actionscript
but not how to slow it down. Any pointers/tutorials on how I do this.

2. Anyone recommend a good book with this sort of thing in it as tutorials.

Thanks a lot

James Brown

[stwingy]

you can use something like this
function move(clip, targetX, targetY, speed) {
clip._x += (targetX-clip._x)/speed;
clip._y += (targetY-clip._y)/speed;
if ((targetX-clip._x)<.1 && (targetY-clip._y)<.1) {
clearInterval(myInterval);
}
}
//example of use
myInterval = setInterval(move, 20, mc1, 200, 200, 20);


Some of the best books for this sort of thing are now a little out of date as
they often don`t include setInterval. Have a look at the Friends of Ed series
of books foundation actionscript and Studio Mx.