[AS3] scrolling game help

[lickmysheep]

Hi there guys,
i'am working on a casual game, where the player is on a mission, to fly his rocket out in space. On his way out in space, he will face different objects that he must evade to keep alive. My question here is, how will i make the scene scrolling? Since the level is kinda big, i can't just use 1 movieclip and scroll it because flash does'nt support images that large. What kind of technique should i use to make this work? I have been reading up on "tile-based" scrolling, but i cant really find any good tutorial - and i dont even know if this would be the best way to do it.
Help is appreciated

[iamgotenks]

There are a couple of ways to do this, probably the easiest way is to do it with multiple movieclips or 'tiles'. Is it just a left/right sidescroller? or is it more like a top-down scroller that lets you explore all directions? Is it just 1 screen that's repeated, or are they all unique? If it is just a side-scroller, then there are tutorials out there, and most basic game tutorials will include this.

[[afz]snickelfitz]

I made an experimental side-scroller using greensock blitmask, bitmapData (for the hitTest) and 10 movieclips stitched together in code.
The blitmask has a "wrap" property that creates an infinite scrolling bitmap.
http://www.swfcabin.com/open/1330916644