change depths in as3

hi,
i´m trying to change depths of sprites that makes an elliptical movement.

to make some perspective i scaled the sprites according to their y position and i´m trying to change their depths dynamically.

As i expected swapDepths is no longer on AS3 so i tried to use setChildrenIndex() method, as adobe recommends. So the problem is that the index that i need to pass must be in range of the stage number of children. so i can´t pass just a Math.floor() of the y position of the sprites, ´cause it throws an error.

my pain is finding a way to calculate the correct depth of each sprite according to it´s y position

now i´ve got something like this on my onEnterFrame handler

Code:

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for (i=0;i<sprites.length;i++)
{
        // first define the angle of each element
        sprites[i]._angle += speed;
       
        // use sine and cosine to set the x and y position of each element, multiply by the radius factor and add the centerX value
        sprites[i].x = Math.cos(sprites[i]._angle) * radiusX + centerX;
        sprites[i].y = Math.sin(sprites[i]._angle) * radiusY + centerY;

        // scale the sprites acoording to it's y position to create an illusion of some perstpective
        s = sprites[i].y / (radiusY + centerY);
        sprites[i].scaleY = sprites[i].scaleX = s;                               
        sprites[i].alpha = s + 0.3;
        depth = ???;

        stage.setChildIndex(sprites[i], depth);
}

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i´m trying to find a way to calculate the correct index (or depth)...

i imagine something like this (but not exactly this)

Math.floor(stage.numChildren / radiusY * sprites[i].y)

but i´s not good

is there an easy way to do it?

thanks
Chan

see:
http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthre...23#post1897023

You should be able to use swapChildren, if you have a reference to two sprites that you want in reverse order.

hi guys,
problem solved.
thanks a lot to you both :-)