Hey all… does anybody know how hard it would be to make little movie clips that pulsate and change colour randomly? I wanna try and make a sorta disco ball effect :).
Cheers, Johnny
setInterval(randRange, 100, 100000, 999999);
var mcColor = new Color(mc);
function randRange(min:Number, max:Number) {
var randomNum:Number = Math.round(Math.random()*(max-min))+min;
mcColor.setRGB(“0x”+randomNum);
trace(randomNum);
}
just place a movieClip and give it an instance name of “mc” on stage to test.
hope this helps
p.s.
to make it go faster adjust
setInterval(randRange, THIS, 100000, 999999);
It gives a load of errors ponders…
Error Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 1: Statement must appear within on/onClipEvent handler
setInterval(randRange, 100, 100000, 999999);
Error Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 2: Statement must appear within on/onClipEvent handler
var mcColor = new Color(mc);
Error Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 3: Statement must appear within on/onClipEvent handler
function randRange(min:Number, max:Number) {
Total ActionScript Errors: 3 Reported Errors: 3
Where did you place this script?
in the actions for mc. I tried putting it in the first frame too and that created a load of numbers in the wee error box… thingy… (yeah im great with flash lol…)
doesnt matter fixed it 
What do I need to do to have 50 or so of these little flashing mc’s in the same flash movie?
for (var i = 0; i<20; i++) {
mc.duplicateMovieClip(“mc”+i, this.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:mc._x+mc._widthi, _y:mc._y});
}
setInterval(randRange, 50, 100000, 999999);
function randRange(min:Number, max:Number) {
for (var i = 0; i<20; i++) {
var mcColor = new Color([“mc”+i]);
var randomNum:Number = Math.round(Math.random()(max-min))+min;
mcColor.setRGB(“0x”+randomNum);
trace(randomNum);
}
}
Copy and paste 
does this work for every movie clip and I just need to create the movies?
"does this work for every movie clip and I just need to create the movies?"
if I understand you correctly…yes
excellent thanks
what instance name do I give to each of the movie clips?
in the last code :
for (var i = 0; i<20; i++) {
mc.duplicateMovieClip(“mc”+i, this.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:mc._x+mc._width*i, _y:mc._y});
}
I duplicate the one MC called “mc” and give it a new name of “mc”+i (e.g. mc0,mc1,mc2,mc3…upto mc19)
then
for (var i = 0; i<20; i++) {
var mcColor = new Color([“mc”+i]);
var randomNum:Number = Math.round(Math.random()*(max-min))+min;
mcColor.setRGB(“0x”+randomNum);
trace(randomNum);
}
I attach a new color object to each “mc”+i (mc0-mc19)called mcColor
so if you wanted to copy and paste an MC you have manually onto the stage and manually give them instance names of mc0,mc1,mc2…upto mc19
the code would work as well
does this help?
