Intermediate AS question

[Max-Vador]

i made a leaf generator a while back, and it just makes copies of the 2 differant leaf movieclips and randomly places them on the stage. but i have a problem with the depth, i need them to be behind everything, but if i try to change the depth variable, it gets all goofed up. it's on the lowest layer of the animation.

for (i=0; i<5; i++) {
var newleaf = leaf.duplicateMovieClip("leaf"+i, i);
newleaf._x = random(550);
newleaf._y = random(0);
newleaf.gotoAndPlay(random(25)+1);
}
for (j=i; j<i+5; j++) {
var newleaf = leafslow.duplicateMovieClip("leafslow"+j, j);
newleaf._x = random(550);
newleaf._y = random(0);
newleaf.gotoAndPlay(random(50)+1);
}

[ssjskipp]

Why not just use this on everything else:

this.swapDepths(REALLY HIGH NUMBER)

[sosjulian]

make a new layeron the bottom and put the as there

[Max-Vador]

At 4/2/06 07:32 PM, ssjskipp wrote: Why not just use this on everything else:

this.swapDepths(REALLY HIGH NUMBER)

they still show up in front

[Kirk-Cocaine]

At 4/2/06 07:34 PM, MaxV wrote: they still show up in front

What you want do is add another var called something like dep, and use it to set the MC depth and every time it loops have it dep--

[Max-Vador]

At 4/2/06 07:36 PM, Mr_Chainsaw wrote:

At 4/2/06 07:34 PM, MaxV wrote: they still show up in front

What you want do is add another var called something like dep, and use it to set the MC depth and every time it loops have it dep--

like this?

dep = 999;
for (i=0; i<5; i++) {
var newleaf = leaf.duplicateMovieClip("leaf"+i, dep);
newleaf._x = random(550);
newleaf._y = random(0);
newleaf.gotoAndPlay(random(25)+1);
}
for (j=i; j<i+5; j++) {
var newleaf = leafslow.duplicateMovieClip("leafslow"+j, dep);
newleaf._x = random(550);
newleaf._y = random(0);
newleaf.gotoAndPlay(random(50)+1);
}

that still doesn't work

[Kirk-Cocaine]

At 4/2/06 07:41 PM, MaxV wrote: that still doesn't work

That because you've set dep at 999 and you should set it at low number if you want it to be behind stuff. Also you're making dep change as it loops.

I'm not sure if you can set var to minus numbers, but if you can that could work.

Or you set dep at 999 but then convert the items you want to be infront of the leaves to MC's and set their depths to things like 9997, 9998, 9999 etc.

[Max-Vador]

i thank you for your help, but it's still now working.

[Johnny]

The problem isn't with your code, it's with flash.

Flash has 3 depths "areas"

the Timeline zone (depths = -16, 384 to -1)
the dynamic zone(depths = 0 to 1,048,575)
the reserve zone(depths = 1,048,567 to 2,130,690,045)

Anything you draw is instantly placed at a depth of -16,384 and goes upwards from there.

Anything added by actionscript starts at 0 and goes up from there. The only exeption to this rule is the createEmptyMovieClip method, which can.. in theory be set to a depth of -9999999999 or something crazy like that.

Without using swapDepths on the stuff ON the stage, you can't get them into the dynamic zones to allow your duplicated items to be behind the stuff you drew on stage.

There might be a workaround with creating an empty movie clip... but I haven't worked with it at all.

[Vengeance]

well, the problem that i see is that it's using the same depths for multiple object's which screw's flash up.
_root.onLoad=function(){
previ=0
}
if(actions to duplicate){
previ+=5
for (i=previ; i<previ+5; i++) {
var newleaf = leaf.duplicateMovieClip("leaf"+i, i);
newleaf._x = random(550);
newleaf._y = random(0);
newleaf.gotoAndPlay(random(25)+1);
}
for (j=i; j<i+5; j++) {
var newleaf = leafslow.duplicateMovieClip("leafslow"+j, j);
newleaf._x = random(550);
newleaf._y = random(0);
newleaf.gotoAndPlay(random(50)+1);
}
that should work.

[DJStatika]

Make and empty movieclip, place it in the top left on a layer behind the other stuff, then create the leaves in that

[Max-Vador]

At 4/3/06 05:40 AM, -Vengeance- wrote: well, the problem that i see is that it's using the same depths for multiple object's which screw's flash up.
_root.onLoad=function(){
previ=0
}
if(actions to duplicate ){
previ+=5
for (i=previ; i<previ+5; i++) {
var newleaf = leaf.duplicateMovieClip("leaf"+i, i);
newleaf._x = random(550);
newleaf._y = random(0);
newleaf.gotoAndPlay(random(25)+1);
}
for (j=i; j<i+5; j++) {
var newleaf = leafslow.duplicateMovieClip("leafslow"+j, j);
newleaf._x = random(550);
newleaf._y = random(0);
newleaf.gotoAndPlay(random(50)+1);
}
that should work.

thanks, but what do i put in the bolded part? it just makes no leaves show up.

and DJ, that doesn't work either.

[DJStatika]

It should work, just put this code on the first frame in the movie clip:

this.onLoad=function(){
previ=0
}
if(actions to duplicate ){
previ+=5
for (i=previ; i<previ+5; i++) {
var newleaf = leaf.duplicateMovieClip("leaf"+i, i);
newleaf._x = random(550);
newleaf._y = random(0);
newleaf.gotoAndPlay(random(25)+1);
}
for (j=i; j<i+5; j++) {
var newleaf = leafslow.duplicateMovieClip("leafslow"+j, j);
newleaf._x = random(550);
newleaf._y = random(0);
newleaf.gotoAndPlay(random(50)+1);
}

[Vengeance]

At 4/4/06 05:17 AM, DJStatika wrote: It should work, just put this code on the first frame in the movie clip:

no silly, maybe you shouldn't give advice about other people's script's. it goes on the frame.
if(actions to duplicate ){
that is what you have to change in the script. maybe to if(Key.isDown(Key.SPACE)) or whatever you want, a boolean. your choice.