Possible misunderstanding of Timeline mechanics

[protoemocional]

Hello dear TweenMaxers and Greensock,

 

 

Once again I resort to you to... This time, I have some doubts on how to insert a TweenMax instance onto a Timeline without triggering its first position. Take for example this attachment, where I have described a LinePath2D with progress 0, inserting its Tween at frame number 5, yet it still renders its elements on stage, instantly.

 

Is there a way to inserting/appending/whatever Tweens without having to write action snippets on every desired frame, in order to not render a Tween's trajectory on the spot?

[GreenSock]

This has nothing to do with the tween getting rendered immediately - it's just that you called line2d.distribute([h1]) right away which places h1 onto the path. If you want, I suppose you could wait to add h1 to the path like this (your code edited):

 

import com.greensock.*;
import com.greensock.easing.*;
import com.greensock.events.*;
import com.greensock.motionPaths.*;

var ninepoints:Array=[new Point(120,0),new Point(120,240)];
var line2d:LinePath2D=new LinePath2D(ninepoints);

var time:TimelineMax=new TimelineMax({useFrames:true});
time.insert(makeTween(), 5);

function makeTween():TweenMax {
var tween:TweenMax =  new TweenMax(line2d, 8.999999, {progress:1,
                                    												  ease:SteppedEase.create(8),
																					   immediateRender:false,
																					   delay:4} );
tween.addEventListener(TweenEvent.INIT, InitList);

return tween;
}

function InitList(e:TweenEvent):void {
e.target.removeEventListener(TweenEvent.INIT, InitList);
e.target.vars.progress=1;
line2d.addFollower(h1, 0);
trace("stay outside 'till I tell you");
}

 

Or you could just make your path extend 1 position up (off the stage). That would also solve your issue with having to make the tween's duration 8.999.