How to exclude frame when randomising

Question

Hi, I am creating a 'make your own' style game which contains a randomise button. I have this code attached to the first keyframe of the movie clip at the moment:

MovieClip(parent).random_mc.buttonMode = true;

MovieClip(parent).random_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, randomMouths);

function randomMouths(event:MouseEvent):void{

visible = true;

var pic_number : Number = 16;

var randomFrame: Number = Math.ceil(Math.random() * pic_number);

gotoAndStop(randomFrame);

}

However, I would like it to exclude the first frame as it's just the empty default frame. Is this possible? Thanks in advance.

iPixelen · Accepted Answer

Thanks for the help, unfortunately now it's ONLY showing the empty frame with none of the other frames being randomised!

EDIT: Derp! Just realised the obvious solution - swapped around the if statements you gave and it worked! Thanks very much.

In case anyone's interested, here's the final code - I had to also put in a parenthesis at the end.

MovieClip(parent).random_mc.buttonMode = true;

MovieClip(parent).random_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, randomMouths);

function randomMouths(event:MouseEvent):void{

visible = true;

var pic_number : Number = 16;

var randomFrame: Number = randomF(2,pic_number);

gotoAndStop(randomFrame);

}

function randomF(n1:int,n2:int):int{

if(n1<2){

return -1;

} else {

return n1+Math.floor((n2-n1+1)*Math.random());

}

Message was edited by: iPixelen

kglad · Answer

you can use:MovieClip(parent).random_mc.buttonMode = true;MovieClip(parent).random_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, randomMouths);function randomMouths(event:MouseEvent):void{ visible = true; var pic_number : Number = 16; var randomFrame: Number = randomF(2,pic_number); gotoAndStop(randomFrame);}function randomF(n1:int,n2:int):int{if(n1<2){return n1+Math.floor((n2-n1+1)*Math.random());} else {return -1;}

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