Rolling Dice

[waylander]

Hi guys,

Got a slight problem so looking for an answer as it has been a very long time since I used AS and now everything has event listeners so I am a bit lost but trying.

I am in CS5 and wanting to catch up with AS3.

This code works

/*this.reset.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,Rand);
function Rand(event: MouseEvent)
{
    shapes1.gotoAndStop(1+Math.floor(Math.random()*5));
    shapes2.gotoAndStop(1+Math.floor(Math.random()*5));
    shapes3.gotoAndStop(1+Math.floor(Math.random()*5));
    shapes4.gotoAndStop(1+Math.floor(Math.random()*5));
    shapes5.gotoAndStop(1+Math.floor(Math.random()*5));
    shapes6.gotoAndStop(1+Math.floor(Math.random()*5));
    shapes7.gotoAndStop(1+Math.floor(Math.random()*5));
    shapes8.gotoAndStop(1+Math.floor(Math.random()*5));
    shapes9.gotoAndStop(1+Math.floor(Math.random()*5));
}*/

But I am trying to condense it

this.reset.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,Rand);
function Rand(event: MouseEvent)
{
for (i=1;i<10;i++){

 shapes[i].gotoAndStop(1+Math.floor(Math.random()*5));
}

Any help would be appreciated.

[Vlykarye]

Hmm.. Idk if the second code you put is copied correctly, but it is missing an end bracket } at the bottom.
Also, the variable "i" has not been declared in this code. Other than that, it should be fine.

[waylander]

Hi Vlykarye,

Yea I did miss the bracket off in the paste

but I have done a few changes to this and I am learning a lot of new things within AS3 now.

My first mistake was to put the movieclips on stage and try and work from there so I made the one instance in the library and calling it to stage.

var numBalls:Number = 5;
for(var i:Number = 0;i<numBalls;i++)

Now it is off to learn the setinterval so these are created not all at once.

any good examples you can point me too?

Thanks for the reply.

[Vlykarye]

You use timers. That's the only way.

There are timers in ActionScript that you can use, or you can make your own by taking advantage of the frame rate and frames.
Obviously, using the timer objects in the code is better.