Re: FLASH: Timed and Random.

[louis-philippe michaud]

in flash 4...


-do another movie clip name "actions"

-first frame of this movieclip:


Set Variable: "starttime" = GetTimer    //initiate the timer

Set Variable: "time" = 30000              // is the times in milliseconds

(frequency)


-second frame of this movie clip:


If (GetTimer - starttime >= time)         //  check if we have to change the

image

      Set Variable: "starttime" = Gettimer   // reset the timer

      Begin Tell Target ("_level0/images")    // tell target to the sequence

of images

            Go to and Stop (random(GetProperty ("_level0/images",

_totalframes)) + 1)   // random in your sequence

      End Tell Target

End If


-third frame of this movie clip


Go to and Play (_currentframe - 1)


you can do all this on your scene... but i like to make a movie clip actions

and like that i can control my actions like i wish...


In flash 5 you just have to make a loop of your function... if you want i

will explain... but now i have to go... sorry !!!


phil



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Subject: FLASH: Timed and Random.



> OK, I have an MC on the main timeline.

>

> The MC has a Stop action in the first frame, so it's just stationary

there.

> But I also have 10 other frames with stuff in it, so basically, the MC has

> 11 frames in all.

>

> What I want to happen is, I want the MC to go and play a frame in the MC

> RANDOMLY, and every 30 seconds.

>

> So in other words, the MC stays in the 1st frame, just chillin. But every

30

> seconds, it goes randomly to another frame in the MC, of which there are

10

> others besides the 1st one for a total of 11. Then it goes back to the

first

> frame and stays there again for 30 seconds, and so on and so forth.

>

> Any ideas?

>

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