Random Movie clip play

[klick webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

I have 7 different MovieClips. I put them into the main MovieClip which is on the stage. I want the 7 clips to play randomly when the .swf is loaded. I also want to put a random delay before each MovieClip starts.
Any help is very much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Klick

[kglad webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

you'll need to put the names of your movieclips into an array or choose their names cleverly. then do you want your movieclips to play one after the other (in random order)? do you want to allow repeats or do you want to them each to play only once? if they each play only once what happens after the last plays?

[klick webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

I need them to play in a random order they can double up if need be or just repeat after the seven have played. The other thing is can you put a random delay betwwen each movie clip playing? Thanks for the help.

[kglad webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

mcA = new Array(); //put your movieclip names in here
for (i=0; i<mcA.length; i++) {
mcA._visible = 0;
mcA.stop();
}
playmc();
function playmc() {
clearInterval(restartI);
ind = Math.floor(Math.random()*7);
mcA[ind]._visible = 1;
mcA[ind].play();
checkI = setInterval(checkF, 100, ind);
}
function checkF(ind) {
if (mcA[ind]._currentFrame>=mcA[ind]._totalFrames) {
mcA[ind].stop();
mcA[ind]._visible = 0;
clearInterval(checkI);
restartI = setInterval(playmc, a*Math.random()+b);
// assign a and b to meet your needs
}

[klick webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Thanks so much I have been tossing and turning with this problem.

[kglad webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

you're welcome.

[klick webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

I apologize, I can't seem to get it to work. I'm not very good with arrays. The following is what I have. It is just basically what you gave me. How do I set up the Movie clips? Do I put your actionscript into scene 1 frame 1?

Thanks for all your help.

mcA = new Array();
//put your movieclip names in here
mcA = ["movie1", "movie2", "movie3", "movie4", "movie5", "movie6", "movie7"];
for (ivar=0; ivar<mcA.length; ivar++) {
mcA[ivar]._visible = 0;
mcA[ivar].stop();
}
playmc();
function playmc() {
clearInterval(restartI);
ind = Math.floor(Math.random()*7);
mcA[ind]._visible = 1;
mcA[ind].play();
checkI = setInterval(checkF, 100, ind);
}
function checkF(ind) {
if (mcA[ind]._currentFrame>=mcA[ind]._totalFrames) {
mcA[ind].stop();
mcA[ind]._visible = 0;
clearInterval(checkI);
restartI = setInterval(playmc, 2*Math.random()+1);
// assign a and b to meet your needs
}
}

[kglad webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

putting your movieclip names in quotes is going to cause a problem. flash things those array elements are strings and not movieclip objects. you can either tell flash to resolve those strings into objects by using bracket notation or remove those quotes and inform flash that those names movie1,movie2 etc are objects. btw, setInterval operates on milliseconds. i doubt you want to restart a new movie between 1 and 2 milliseconds. a=1000 and b=2000 is more likely what you want.

[klick webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

You're not gonna belive this but I think I really did it, or I should say you did it! Thanks so much for the help.

Klick

[kglad webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

congrats! and you're welcome.

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i am using this code for another project and wasn't sure if you could help with another question... are you still answering questions