Re: FLASH: moving 1,000 MC simultaneously?

[Robert Bleeker]

Hey, why not put all the stars inside a MC and just move that MC's x and y.


Robert


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on 16/6/00 4:32 PM, Cheri Harder at

chericahome [dot] com

 wrote:


> I think, something like this (pseudo-code) in a loop so it does it for each

> star (NOT TESTED THOUGH!)

> 

> Set Variable: "centerx" = "377.3"

> Set Variable: "centery" = "207.3"

> Set Variable: "n" = 1

> Loop While (n < 1001)

> Set Property ("star" & n, X Position) = GetProperty ( "star"&n,

> _x )+(centerx-GetProperty("star"&n,_x)*.20)

> Set Property ("star" & n, Y Position) = GetProperty ( "star"&n,

> _y )+(centerx-GetProperty("star"&n,_y)*.20)

> Set Variable: "n" = n+1

> End Loop

> 

> This should calculation 1/5 of the difference between the current position

> and the center and move it that far.  Somehow, though, I think that this

> would never get them to the center, because when you put the same code in

> the next frame, it will re-calculate the X & Y position and only move it 1/5

> of the new difference.  And besides that, it's late & I promised never to

> give advice after midnight again.  Oh, it's ok, is only 11:30.

> 

> But maybe this is enough to get you going, eh?

> 

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



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