I'm wanting to load and randomize XML variables onto my stage. I attached a sample fla and xml file. I've got dynamic text fields and am wanting to randomly load the XML into the fields and after a set time, rotate new info into the fields. I've gotten as far as getting the XML going. When i test it, nothing displays, but there aren't any errors either.
View 2 RepliesI have an empty SWF that's sole purpose is to call loadMovieNum and start the project. Each loaded movie has a few variables defined within them - unique to those loaded SWFs. Instead of declaring all the variables in each SWF can I declare all of them in one place, in the first frame of the empty loader it all starts from? I'm thinking I can then declare a variable which each loaded movie can increment as needed for me.
View 2 RepliesI'm writing code that takes data from mysql that's processed by a PHP script. It's actually a bit bizarre, at least to me. Anyway, here's some basic AS3 code that's moving toward what I want to do:
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
var urlRequest:URLRequest=new URLRequest("receive.php");
urlRequest.method=URLRequestMethod.GET;[code]....
For some reason, the statement "trace(evt.target.data);" produces a whole pile of garbled text before the actual stuff that it's supposed to show Because of problem #1, I've had to include a throwaway variable at the beginning, otherwise the first variable I try to pass into AS3 comes back as undefined. This causes errors when I run my flash movie in the IDE, but when I run it from the browser it doesn't seem to have any effect.But this is the strangest thing of all whenever I make any changes to the database (and subsequently try to load data from different variables), the new variables come back as undefined. For example, let's say that I add another entry to the database, and decide to load students 2, 3, and 4 instead of 1, 2, and 3. When I do that, any new data I've added comes back as undefined, even though when I view the PHP output in my browser, it looks just fine.
And now for the REALLY bizarre part: I'll copy that output, paste it into my PHP script as an echo statement, comment everything else out, and my flash movie runs fine. Even though the output from the PHP script is exactly the same, it gives me errors.
I am trying to load variables from a text file, and have them available from then onwards in the movie, globally so to speak.
While I can read the variable values in a loader function which executes when the text file is loaded, I don't seem to be able to keep those variables available afterwards.
What is the best way to load a big load of variables into Flash? There must be a way to do this withLoadVars and a for-loop.my txt file:
Code:
&prijsvraag_titel=Title of the prijsvraag&
&aantal_vragen=3&[code].....
I have 4 movies that need to be loaded in sequence. The first movie loads the second one, the second one loads the third, then the third one loads the fourth. What I can't figure out is how to make sure there's only one movie loaded at any time. I've tried removeChildAt(0) and other methods. What's the best way to load a movie to the stage and wipe out what was on the stage?
View 4 RepliesI'm making a mockup for a client and I need to Load the .swf with the exact stage size so the graphic elements do not float outside the loaded movies stage area. [URL]Basic load code I'm using...
Actionscript Code:
import flash.display.*;var adLoader1:Loader = new Loader();adLoader1.load(new URLRequest("100828_budlight_texas_fight_728x90_jn.swf"));adLoader1.x = 313;adLoader1.y = 162;addChild(adLoader1);var adLoader3:Loader = new Loader();adLoader3.load(new URLRequest("100828_budlight_texas_fight_300x615_jn.swf"));adLoader3.x = 738;adLoader3.y = 0;addChild(adLoader3);
What i need to do is to randomize the variable named: randomCard if randomCard doesnt equal any value of myCards array. (randomize again if the value of randomCard isnt in the myCards array)
obviously youll notice that in this part of the code: while (randomCard != myCards); myCards isnt correctly defined
Code:
private var myCards:Array = [0,2,4];
do {
randomCard = Math.floor(Math.random()*4);
[Code].....
How would you randomize a specific set of values in a array?[code]...
View 6 RepliesI'm using this code I obtained from a tutorial to run an mp3 player that reads an .xml playlist. Could someone please tell me what I'd need to add/change to the code so that it plays the tracks in a random order each time the player loads - I'm not concerned about omitting repeats. I've tried adding a "random" command to the Array that holds the tracks but this didn't work.
//Setup sound objectvar s:Sound=new Sound();s.onSoundComplete=playSong;s.setVolume(75);
//Array of songsvar sa:Array = new Array();
//Currently playing songvar cps:Number=-1;[code].......
I need to make an animation in which you are shown 5 doors. if clicked, 4 of the doors will make the screen fade out, and a message that says congratulations will pop up. however, 1 of the 5 doors will make a tiger jump out if it is clicked.however, the door that the tiger should be assigned randomly.
View 3 RepliesI have a simple mp3 player in AS2 and I need a way to randomize the songs.Here is my AS2 code.
var s:Sound = new Sound();s.onSoundComplete = playTracks;s.setVolume(75);
var sa:Array = new Array();var cps:Number = -1;var pos:Number;[code].....
Does anyone know if it is possible to randomize assets in Flash. Basically I am creating a flash based application which when the user hits a target button the preceeding screen should show a completely random asset (which would be an SWF), at the moment each button is simply tagged to a particular swf, although i need it to be more random than this?
View 1 RepliesI'm trying to get flash to randomize an arithmetic operator from a set of operators, i.e.operators = + - * / etc and I want flash to randomly pick one from the list!How do I do this? I looked at the random tut on kirupa but I don't know how to make it work with anything other than numbers!
View 12 RepliesI've got 2 arrays that I want to randomize together. So if array one (1,2,3,4,5) is randomized to be (5,2,3,4,1), how can I have the second array randomize to that order?[code]how can I say "make the xArray correspond with the random order of the zArray" with AS?
View 8 RepliesI have an array of 10 buttons 2 rows of 5 buttons each.
I was wondering how I might randomize the button placement,each time a randomizeButton function is called.What I mean is keep the rows but how they are lined up and showing will be different each time.
How to randomize them but with only selected frames For example i only want frame 2-9 to be randomize can i do such things?
View 2 RepliesSay I have an array:
myList:Array = new Array();
myList = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9];
myRandomList:Array = new Array();[code].............
However, is there a way to rewrite this as a function?
I am working on a flash game that has 'waves' of soldiers kind of like the game Weapon.
what I am trying to do is randomize and array I have which contains strings[code]...
I think this is possible, but I'm not sure how it would be done. I have a flash website under construction that i am building using CS4. The background was made with Poser 8, as well as most of the content. What I have is 7 flames that flicker. The flames are one MovieClip that I have placed on the stage as 7 instances. I think the flame looks great, but 7 of them all flickering exactly the same looks silly. The clip is 10 frames that loop. So...
1) could I use AS to load and play the clip starting at different frames? like instance 1 starts on frame 1, instance 2 starts at frame 5 etc, so that none flicker exactly the same?
[Code]...
i m doing a qiuz with several question and each page has a question. My math random() function got some problem so my question maybe can play more than twice
View 5 RepliesWhat would be the best way to randomize a custom course list I have created entered into a list box? The data is being added using [code]
View 2 Replieshow can you randomize the results of an array in a for loop?
I am loading data in via xml and when doing a for loop to iterate through instead of showing 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 ect... how can i randomize for [i] ? If i do it in the for loop it keeps doing the randomizing and gets stuck and if after things are already loaded. how is it done?
It appears the same rotation for every branch. Is this not the correct way to randomize a loop?
Code:
for (var i:Number=0; i<branchAmount; i++) {
branch.graphics.lineStyle(1, 0x333333,1);
branch.graphics.moveTo(0,0);
branch.graphics.lineTo(0,-50);
branch.x=trunks.x;
branch.y=trunks.y;
branch.rotation=Math.floor(Math.random()*160)-90;
branchArray.push(branch);
addChild(branch);
}
just wanted to share this, some months ago i was looking all over the web for an array content randomizer and found none, yesterday i was reading a book about AS3 and after finishing the arrays chapters tough of this:
Code:
function Random(target:Array):Array
{
[code].....
1 button. 3 animations (red, green, blue) on different layers at different frames (80, 100, 115) in the timeline.
How do I get the button to goto and play one of the random animations when pressed?
How can i put variables from PHP to my combobox on stage?
I'm looking for this solution:
As3 -(works!)-> PHP -(works!)-> MySQL -(works!)->PHP -(works!)-> As3 -(doesnt work!)-> Combobox on stage
PHP Code:
[Code]...
I have a loaded SWF into a simple "holder" empty movieclip I have on the root stage. Inside that SWF I have two variables that have "stage.stage Height" and "stage.stageWidth" in them. If I leave them on the code and test the root movie I get this error: TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.So basically I can't seem to get the variables to get the parent stage. Anyway to get around that?
View 2 RepliesI've made some code that loads a line from a text file as a string and puts it into a dynamic field. What I want to do is randomize the letters of the string, but I can't seem to find any functions that do so. Anyone have an idea as to how you do this?
Code:
var url:String = "test.txt";
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
[code].....
I've been working on this sort of sunset-like sequence inFlash. I've created a movie clip of a star that has a sort oftwinkle animation. It consists of 3 layers. What I want to do israndomize this animation so I can use the symbol spray tool to fillmy sky with twinkling stars. If I just to a "gotoAndPlay" repeat,they all twinkle at the same time, and this looks pretty stupid. My limited knowledge and experience with Actionscript tellsme that I need to define the animation as a function and use somesort of math randomizer to control when it plays?
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