ActionScript 3.0 :: Use AddChild With An Array To Create A Grid Of Movieclips?
Mar 15, 2011
I want to create a grid of movieclips using an array. But every movieclip added needs some sort of unique idenifier so i can access each individual movieclip.
The grid is 6 movieclips on the Y and variable on the X(that doesnt really matter to be honest)
I have managed to create an Array that displays 6 movieclips on the Y using this [code]...
now i tried creating another class and storing the 6 tickets i made in this class in another movieclip and then using the same method in the other class (i called it Ticket_Batch) i created another row of 6 movieclips. although this kind of worked visually i could no longer access each individual ticket.
my question is: how do i create a 6 x 36(or any other multiple of 6) grid of my movieclips in the same class using an array (or 2 arrays) and giving each movieclip an instance name that i can access and use?
I need to create a simple multiplication grid where children will fill the grid. Its an empty grid at the begining, when they start the time start as well.Its a grid of 10 x 10. when they enter the last number, the grid should show what they did wrong and the time they spend. It's an idea of how it could work but if anyone has something that looks like this.
var filePaths:Array=["thmb1.swf","thmb2.swf","thmb3.swf","thmb4.swf", "thmb5.swf", "thmb6.swf", "thmb7.swf","thmb8.swf", "thmb9.swf", "thmb10.swf", "thmb11.swf" ]; function loadImages3(event:MouseEvent):void {
[code]....
My problem is that I can't figure out how to decouple the loader from this loadNewRow function. Ideally, I'd like to figure out how to load all the swf's give them dynamic names... like thmb1loaded, thmb2loaded, thmb3loaded.. push into an a ("loaded") array and then have that be used to build the grid.Right now, its loading them every time the loadnewrow function fires. I'm sure its a simple matter of iterating a .name within a contentloaderinfo .onComplete when each swf is loaded...
Basically I have this movieclip on stage that is suppose to load another movieclip from an swf. in that swf are 31 copies of the movieclip since theres no duplicateMovieclip function in as3. I am able to load and add child to the movieclips easy with this,
PHP Code: function duplicateMovieclips():void{ for (var i=0; i<movieclipsToLoad; i++){ movieclipsDuplicated++; entrys_mc.addChild(mcV[i]);
Below (which I excluded) are other various bits of code to edit the movieclip and what not. I can also remove it just fine with this bit of code here
PHP Code: function removeF():void{ var repeat:int = 0; for (var i=0; i<timesToRemove;i++){ entrys_mc.removeChild(mcV[i]); repeat++; movieclipsToLoad--; if(i == timesToRemove-1){ loadSelected(); //THE PROBLEM }}}
What this swf is trying to do is record the year and the month the user clicks on and then return every day's data from the xml if a day is filled out. when removeF(); executes, i get the error: Code: ArgumentError: Error #2025: The supplied DisplayObject must be a child of the caller. Pointing at entrys_mc.removeChild(mcV[i]);...but when its NOT there, loadSelected(); that is, it works just fine. I even put a trace statement in it. The whole if condition works fine to.
LoadSelected is the one that retrieves the text needed to load in the movieclip. whatever year and month the user selects, it loads the information of it and puts it in a string. then it displays in the dynamic text field inside the movieclip. Also, when SWF loaded it loads all 31 movieclips using this. Code: for (var i = 0; i < 31; i++){ var groupMC:MovieClip=MovieClip(clip.getChildByName("group" + i)); mcV.push(groupMC); trace("repeat # = " + i); }
I'm trying to make a td game for fun and I need to make function to build towers and if I want to build the second tower it changes the first one... But I thought if i could change the name of the first tower's name when it builds to other var and it should be fine, but the problem is that those 2 towers will shoot together or something, so is there a way to bind functions to movieclips that are created with actionscript (addChild(Name))?
I've got a movieClip in my library and it's linkage in my library. How do I code it? It will load 11 of "movieClip" in one row and 11 in second row and they will load one after another one.
So I'm adding these movieclips which have textfields inside them and I'm trying to space each new movieclip. Currently they are being placed on top of each other. _taskX and _taskY are variables which I define down there.
Code: public function onClick(event:MouseEvent):void { _taskX = 300; _taskY = 100;
Our client has tasked to dynamically generate grids with different size boxes. The grid should not have defined edges, but each movieclip should have a certain defined border. I'm pretty new to AS3 still, but can handle pretty much everything besides this sort of giant math problem. Here's a simple layout of what I'm looking for on a much smaller scale: [URL].
I can almost emulate this, but sometimes my boxes will overlap, and that's a dealbreaker. If I start hitTesting it works up until I try it with 55+ movieclips, then I fear that the script could freeze. Here's the code that works, but may freeze at times. How can I optimize this so that stack overflow errors can't happen?
package { import flash.display.MovieClip; import flash.display.Sprite; import flash.utils.getDefinitionByName; public class box_builder extends MovieClip { private var _path:MovieClip; [Code] .....
I have a bunch of movieclips which were created by "addChild" method. These movieclips are added to "gamecontainer". There was a dynamic textfield in each movieclip. Now the problem is how can I change the text in the dynamic textfield inside each movieclip outside this function.
Here is the code: private function arrangeClips():void { for (var i:uint=0; i<7; i++) { var tile_mc:whiteTail=new whiteTail();
I have a grid based game with eight bots each moving under their own instruction set, I have set them to return their ID and location when clicked, the game as it stands now is over 2k lines so I wont post it all here. On occasion two of the bots are merging into the same MC, clicking on either one or between the two merged ones will return the same ID (bot 0 returns that it is bot 1 in bot 1s location for example). To make it more confusing they are continuing to run their own separate code, bot 0 is not moving the same way as bot 1 is. Doing a var dump does not show anything as wrong, they all show up with the right IDs and locations.
I'm creating a grid and I can place everything in nice columns but how to create a new row. Code: var numColumns:Number = 7; var columnWidth:Number = Stage.width/7; var numRows:Number = 6; var rowHeight:Number = Stage.height/6; var firstDay:Number = 1; [Code] ..... How do I go about creating a new row in that 'if' statement? I don't want to hardcode any values in there.
Is there a simple equivalent to what I used to do in AS2 to add a bunch of new objects to the stage and throw them into an array so they can easily be referenced? I'm finding this more difficult than it used to be.
Old code:
ActionScript Code: mc_array = new Array(); for(i=0;i<5;i++){
I'm just trying to add the mc's from the array into a column but don't know how to gain any control over them since right now, they're just all overlayed on top of eachother .
Code: var myArray:Array=["mc1","mc2","mc3","mc4","mc5"]; for (var i = 0; i < myArray.length; i++) { var classRef:Class=getDefinitionByName(myArray[i]) as Class; addChild(new classRef()); }
Is there a simple equivalent to what I used to do in AS2 to add a bunch of new objects to the stage and throw them into an array so they can easily be referenced? I'm finding this more difficult than it used to be.
I am relatively new to flash. I am trying to create a square grid and add it to the movie.When I open the actionscript panel by pressing F9 and when I type the following code, var square:SquareClip = new SquareClip();addChild(square);
Things are working fine (the squareclip is appearing in the movie). Instead when I do this however, I deleted the above code and just create a new instance of Main,
I have a movieclip with linkage set to block. When I compile this, the block appears however they are all on top of each other. When I used trace commands to find currentBlock._x, they are the correct values.
I'm having problems creating a grid that will change individual movieclips' frame when rolled over when the mouse is down. My script seems to be acting erratically, when I push buttons, all of the mcs change even though the code to change them is onRollOver.[code]....
How can we create a grid containing pixels in flash . for example A square contains a matrix of 4X4 pixel grids and these gids must be visible like sudoku board.
However, all the boxes are at the same position. When I add trace(currentBlock), I get _level0.noteGrid.block1 ... , however when I do trace(_root.noteGrid.block1) I get undefined.
Im looking to move a movieclip through a grid array. I have it so that I can move it along any square but I need to set up a move selection. how can i query the specific grid square from the current placement?
I just make a grid based on array... my problem is how to highlight boxes that contain only character I mean if the box contain character it will gotoAndPlay(2)...eg:[code]
I'm familiar with AS2 and just getting started with AS3. I found a submenu fla I would like to use, and I have everything set up, just not sure how to attach movies from the library when someone clicks a navigation button.In AS2 I would have made an empty mc and used attachMovie when the button is released.I've looked at some of the addChild questions and tutorials here, but since I'm working with pre-written code for a submenu, I'm not sure about how to modify what I've read to work in that code.Here's the code that sets up the submenu, the last function (navigate) is where I'm not sure how to instruct flash to load an mc when one of the buttons (from the var subButton:Array) is clicked. The MCs in the library correspond to the array entries ie: s.home has a library item mcHome, s.web has library item mcWeb that would load when they click that button. var s = this.services.subBar //create a variable to shorten the path to the buttons in the sub barvar subButtons:Array = new Array(s.home, s.it, s.web, s.graphic, s.contact); // create an array with all the buttons in the sub bar
for (var i:int = 0; i< subButtons.length; i++) // create a for loop to add the CLICK event listener to all the buttons in the sub bar at once {
I have an array of a custom class. The class includes 3 movieclips that all share the same position. I have 5 items in the array, and in the document constructor I fill them as such:
ActionScript Code: glassArray[0] = new glasses(spot, beam1, glasses2, "index/nav/aboutus", new Point(156, 400));(different string and point for each of the 5 items)
Here's the glasses constructor: ActionScript Code: public class glasses extends MovieClip{ //I am the Constructor. public var spot:MovieClip; public var beam:MovieClip; public var glass:MovieClip; protected var target:String; [Code] .....
It then goes on to fill each of those mclips with properties based on the point received. How to addchild from the class, I've got a simple for loop in the document constructor that adds them all in. Everything works, except what I'm seeing is that as each item in the array is added in, it overwrites the previous items' properties. In effect, I can create 5 items and give them each a different position, but when I go to addChild I see that all of them have taken on the position of the 5th one.!
I am creating a container. When I press a button outside the container it adds a movieclip. The movieclip is the width of the container but only a fraction of the height. I need to know how to get it so every time I press the button it adds the movieclip after the last one, almost like appending a list. Does anyone know how I would do this?Do I use an array or does flash have some sort of table feature?
