Going Random! (a little help?)

[bandwagon]

Hi guys,
I have my main .swf, and let us say three MC's waiting on the edge of the stage. What I want is for the script to make a random decision about playing one of these three MC's every few seconds (let's say every four seconds). Can anybody help?

Thanks very much
Simon Fox.

[tonypa]

You should gibe those 3 mcs instance name like "mc1", "mc2" and "mc3". Now its easy to control them randomly by:

_root["mc"+(random(3)+1)].play();

[bandwagon]

Just assume for a minute that i'm completely clueless, and explain exactly where I should be applying that code? On the MC's? or in the main timeline?

thanks again,
Simon Fox.

[tonypa]

Here is basic function with timer. This should be placed in the frame in main timeline:

code:

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this.onEnterFrame = function() {

	//time to wait between playing another mc

	pauseTime = 4000;

	//set timer variable at the start

	if (lastTime == undefined) {

		lastTime = getTimer()+pauseTime;

	}

	//check if time has passed 

	if (getTimer()>lastTime) {

		//increase timer

		lastTime = getTimer()+pauseTime;

		//play random mc

		_root["mc"+(random(3)+1)].play();

	}

};

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[bandwagon]

Much obliged tonypa, Very very helpful,
Thanks alot,
Simon.