How to go to a random frame and stop ?

[hiPiwoly]

Hello there,

I have a little problem and I can't seem to find any solutions.

What I want is my symbol (="pijl1" in which there are 4 different keyframes on the timeline) to show just one of the keyframes, randomly, and then stop.

(I'm trying to make a game like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYGJ0TRWdRM in which my symbol would be one of the random arrows)

I made this:

import flash.events.Event;

var pijl1:pijl=new pijl();

pijl1.addEventListener (Event.ENTER_FRAME, randomdirect)

function randomdirect (event:Event) {

var randomFrame:Number=(Math.floor(Math.random()*4)+1);

trace (randomFrame);

pijl1.gotoAndStop (randomFrame);

addChild (pijl1);

pijl1.x=200

pijl1.y=200

}

but it won't stop. It just keeps on going (the output goes crazy).

I don't know if I made myself clear. But if someone understood my problem, could you please help me out ?

Piw

[moccamaximum · Accepted solution]

Your enter frame loop constantly "overrides" your gotoAndStop  function.

you could simply remove the eventlistener after the gotoAndstop funtion

....

pijl1.gotoAndStop (randomFrame);

pijl1.removeEventListener (Event.ENTER_FRAME, randomdirect)

....

[hiPiwoly]

Oh God, thank you ! You're brilliant !

Thank you very very much. I spent several hours trying to find this out.