Array question

programming flash
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hi ,

for my site i want to create this effect seen on many sites
( i think 2advance got it to )

how do i let movie clips “lit” up at random ??

i assume i need to use arrays … if anyone could give me a hint or two that would much appreciated :slight_smile:

hope i made clear what i effect i’m lookin’ for

lat0rrrrr

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I don’t understand what you mean… Can you show an example?

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darn it … 2advanced hasn’t got the effect …
and i can’t remember the site …

the effect was like this …

background had an image of woman’s face …
at random you saw shapes appear on her face …

i think it was done with array … let shape-mc go from unvisible to visible in random order ( or something like that ) …

problem is my knowledge of AS doesn’t involve arrays yet :frowning:

i hope i explained it a bit better …

(will try to find the site …)

lat0rrrrrrrr

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I am going to assume you are talking about http://www.xeofreestyle.com as they have a guys face that does that (used to be a girl though)

The timing is not random though, they are just cleverly created tweens to be spaced out to seem random.

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Well, I don’t see what you mean in that site (but I have a bad headache, maybe that’s why) but I don’t think arrays are necessary. If you want to have an event appear at a random interval of time, you’ll need to use setInterval, and change the interval each time :slight_smile:

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Ilyas: If you want to select random clips you could store their instance names in an array and call them randomly with setInterval… right?

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I guess so, but each clip could have a life of its own, handling its own setInterval without the need to monitor all the clips by putting them in an array :slight_smile:

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True… true…

So many methods to do 1 thing :slight_smile: Gotta love Flash.

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My particle system handles each clip in an array instead of them seperately… It’s about 10-20 times faster this way :wink:

Using the functions push and splice you can make this possible…

As for the effect… i think it’s just merely tweening :slight_smile:

playamarz

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lost … ur great … that’s the site i meant … :slight_smile:

well i don’t know how to use the setInterval thingie …
so i will just tween the shapes or some …

thnx for the tips