Newbie needs some help. i need to show a MC on the stage in 4 random positions?

[Rich_Rich_Rich]

i am new to actionscript and need some help with showing my MC in 4 places on the stage (topleft, topright, bottomleft, bottomright) all one after the other with a 2 second delay between them.

if any one has any actionscript 3.0 on how to do this youd be a life saver

[kglad · Accepted solution]

the topleft etc are not random positions but, if MC has reg point at the top left:

addChild(MC);

MC.x=MC.y=0;

var positionA:Array=[[stage.stageWidth-MC.width,0],[0,stage.stageHeight-MC.height],[stage.stageWidth-MC-width,stage.stageHeight-MC.height]];

var t:Timer=new Timer(2000,3);

t.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER,f);

t.start();

function f(e:TimerEvent):void{

MC.x=positionA[t.currentCount][0];

MC.y=positionA[t.currentCount][1];

}

[Rich_Rich_Rich]

okay so i understand the timer and that the function calls the array?

but i dont really understand the array? could you explain it? or what i need to change ion the array to customise it to my project?

[kglad]

nothing needs to be changed if MC reg point is at its top-left.

the array positions MC at the topleft, etc of your stage.  copy and paste the code and try it.

[Rich_Rich_Rich]

had to edit teh code just a bit because of some small punctuation errors, but this is great stuff!

currently goes top left bottom left and bottom right with a 2 second delay which is fantastic!

how do i edit the position of the MC? maybe add more positions where it shows on the stage?

sorry for the questions i have to show my understanding in my school project

addChild(MC);

MC.x=MC.y=0;

var positionA:Array=[[stage.stageWidth-MC.width,0],[0,stage.stageHeight-MC.height],[stage.stageWidth-MC.width,stage.stageHeight-MC.height]];

var t:Timer=new Timer(2000,3);

t.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER,f);

t.start();

function f(e:TimerEvent):void{

MC.x=positionA[t.currentCount][0];

MC.y=positionA[t.currentCount][1];

}

f;

[kglad]

to show more positions, you would edit positionA to add more x,y positions.  each element of positionA is an array that contains an x,y position.

and, you edit the timer t so it makes more calls to f.

but, if you want to display your movieclip in random positions anywhere on stage, use:

var t:Timer=new Timer(2000,0);

t.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER,f);

t.start();

function f(e:TimerEvent):void{

MC.x=Math.floor(Math.random()*(stage.stageWidth-MC.width))

MC.y=Math.floor(Math.random()*(stage.stageHeight-MC.height))

}

[Rich_Rich_Rich]

this is great! thanks very much

sooo say if i needed the MC to randomly go into just the 4 corners of the stage instead of all over, would i just put some coordinates in the bracets of the math.random

like this?

Math.random(x=?,y=?)

or would they be needed from the array? like this?

function f(e:TimerEvent):void{

MC.x=Math.floor(Math.random()*(PositionA))

MC.y=Math.floor(Math.random()*(PositionA))

}

[kglad]

no, if you want to specify several locations, add the locations to an array like positionA.