Re: FLASH: Arrays to control random MCs

[Branden Hall]

You don't actually have to create a whole separate array... you can just use

the current array of names of MCs to tell target and shuffle them.

Say you have a set of variables, mc1, mc2, mc3, etc.. that are equal to the

names of your MCs... (in the case of hair styles) mc1="/mullet", mc2="/perm"

, mc3="/skater", etc


Then you would use the following code to shuffle up the list.


Set Variable: numMCs = 5

Set Variable: numShuffles = 10

Set Variable: count=1

Loop While (count <= numShuffles)

    Set Variable: shuffle1 = (random(numMCs)+1)

    Set Variable: shuffle2= (random(numMCs)+1)

    Set Variable: temp = eval("mc"&shuffle1)

    Set Variable: "mc"&shuffle1 = eval("mc"&shuffle2)

    Set Variable: "mc"&shuffle2 = temp

    Set Variable: count = count+1

End Loop


-= Branden J. Hall

-= Multimedia Developer/Instructor

-= Fig Leaf Software


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

From: Laura Mollett <

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To: <

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Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 9:28 PM

Subject: Re: FLASH: Arrays to control random MCs



> I would like write an action script that cycles through the MCs. I want

the

> movie to randomly play one of each of the seven MCs until they've all

played

> and then to start over again. From what I'm reading about arrays, it

sounds

> like they will do an efficient job. However, I don't really understand how

> arrays work.

>

> I know I could write a Set Variable, but it seems like an ugly solution.

>

> (The MCs are six animated heads and seven animated haircuts. As the site

> stands now, the viewer can get the same head or haircut over and over

> again.)


I think this is how you would do it:

Number all the movie clips: 1-7 (name them with an instance name, like clip1

- clip7). Then have a variable ClipCounter that you set to 0,

Set Variable: "ClipCounter" = 0

Loop While (ClipCounter < 7)

    Set Variable: "ClipCounter" = ClipCounter +1

    Set Variable: "Clip" & ClipCounter = False

End Loop

(You'd put that on your main timeline)


When you click the button have it do this:

Loop While (Done = False)

Set Variable: "CurrentClip" = Random(7) + 1

    If (Eval("Clip" & CurrentClip) = False)

        Load <movieclipname> [or tell target play or whatever you want]

        Set Variable: "Done" = True

    Else

        Set Variable: "Done" = False

    End If

End Loop


This will, I think, play a random movie clip when you click the button, but

never the same one twice. You might hafta play with it some to get it to

work. I don't know how you'd do it without using set variable... why's it an

ugly solution?


Laura


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