Re: FLASH: MC Names & stars

[Cheri Harder]

Hi again.  Got it.  In addition to setting up a potential maximum of 1 new

star and duplicating the name Star1, your code was putting all the new mc's

at the same "level" thereby writing over themselves.  Oh, and also, your

YScale wasn't getting set, so I fixed that, too.  Also, I would suggest you

make your scale factor bigger, because it is a percentage, so 0 to 20% is

pretty little.  Here is my version of code, and it works:


Set Variable: "StarNo"  = 20

Loop While (StarNo<>0)

      Set Variable: "Starname"  = "Star" & StarNo

      Duplicate Movie Clip ("Star", Starname, StarNo)

      Set Property (Starname, X Position) = Random(550)+1

      Set Property (Starname, Y Position) = Random(400)+1

      Set Property (Starname, X Scale) = Random(20)+1

      Set Property (Starname, Y Scale) = GetProperty(Starname,_xscale)

      Set Variable: "StarNo"  = StarNo-1

End Loop



~~~~Cheri Harder~~~~~

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----- Original Message -----

From: "Darren Critchley" <

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Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2000 1:30 PM

Subject: Re: FLASH: MC Names & stars



> Cheri Harder wrote:

>

> > Hi, Darren:

> >

> > We'll need to see your code to see where your error is.  Perhaps when

you

> > are referring to the new name you are not setting it as an expression?

You

> > could copy/paste some of the relevant sections of code here?

> >

> > ~~~~Cheri Harder~~~~~

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> charderawsolution [dot] com

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> Okay, here you go:

>

> Set Variable: "StarNo" = Random(20)+1

> Loop While (StarNo<>0)

>       Set Variable: "Starname" = "Star" & StarNo

>       Duplicate Movie Clip ("Star1", Starname, 1)

>       Set Property (Starname, X Position) = Random(550)+1

>       Set Property (Starname, Y Position) = Random(400)+1

>       Set Property (Starname, X Scale) = Random(20)+1

>       Set Property (Starname, Y Scale) = _xscale

>       Set Variable: "StarNo" = StarNo-1

> End Loop

>

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