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    resolved [RESOLVED] help with this random position

    Good morning,

    and thanks ahead probably FruitBeard,

    I can't see why this randomness won't place the clip on the right side of the screen. It positions the first one anywhere but form the second time onward it mostly positions the clip on the left side of the screen. Is this right?

    Code:
    var indyX:Number = Math.floor(Math.random() * Stage.width);
    var indyY:Number = Math.floor(Math.random() * Stage.height);
    
    function attachClips():Void{
    	attachMovie("independencia_mc","independencia",this.getNextHighestDepth());
    	independencia._x = indyX;
    	independencia._y = indyY;
    }
    
    attachClips();
    I have tried to hardcode the values instead of Stage but the result keeps being the same. I have even tried deleting the indyX or indyY values before jumping back to the maintimeline and running it again, but it hardly moves from the left side. I suppose I have to subtract about 200 or 300 pixel values so the text doesn't go offscreen but I'm quite confused with this.












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    Hi Cap,

    use this on the first frame for a better trace etc and go from there.

    PHP Code:
    function attachClips():Void
    {
        var 
    indyX:Number Math.floor(Math.random() * Stage.width);
        var 
    indyY:Number Math.floor(Math.random() * Stage.height);
        
    attachMovie("independencia_mc","independencia",this.getNextHighestDepth());
        
    independencia._x indyX;
        
    independencia._y indyY;
        
    trace("independencia._x = " independencia._x);
        
    trace("independencia._y = " independencia._y);
    }
    attachClips(); 
    Sometime it appears off the stage due to the huge space it has to randomise in.

    Inside of your independencia clip, you should perhaps use this instead of the longer arrays, like so, you don't have to though
    PHP Code:
    var aBoldness:Array = ["true""false"];
    var 
    aItalic:Array = ["true""false"];

    tFormatter.bold aBoldness[Math.floor(Math.random() * aBoldness.length)];
    tFormatter.italic aItalic[Math.floor(Math.random() * aItalic.length)]; 

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    Hi, Fruit,

    thanks for replying so quick.

    I just tried that out and I believe there must be something wrong somewhere. Sometimes it traces far over 1000 pixels width and you see the text and other times it traces out less than that with an average _y and you can't see it.


    this trace for example:


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    Hi again, Fruit,

    just thought the previous picture might not be very clear. This is the last trace in this one...

    _X:1075
    _y:200

    hate to have you thinking on this. Forget about it if you haven't got the time. I still need to keep working on understanding about the font embedding, so I have plenty of time...






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    Hi Cap,

    You are not remove the independencia movieclip, try using
    PHP Code:
    removeMovieClip(independencia);
    attachMovie("independencia_mc","independencia",this.getNextHighestDepth()); 
    I thin you will find that it works

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    Thanks, Fruit,

    still seems strange to me. My project is 1366 width, 688 height and look at this trace:

    it's 361 and 411. The text is almost in the middle of the stage. It should be quite further to the left side even if the text size has to do with the positioning, shouldn't it?





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    Hi Cap

    Remember the text is centre aligning so the registration point will be in the centre of the text, so half way point,
    and then you have the rotation too.

    use this inside indepencia clip along with the other code

    PHP Code:
    var ind:TextField this.createTextField("ind"this.getNextHighestDepth(), 001070);
    ind.autoSize "center"
    what I did was make a small circle on the stage (main stage, not independencia clip stage), make it into a movieclip and call it "ball"

    first frame code I used this for testing, you can remove what you don't need after, you will see that the ball is central to the text everytime.
    PHP Code:
    var indyX:Number;
    var 
    indyY:Number;

    function 
    attachClips():Void
    {
        
    indyX Math.floor(Math.random() * Stage.width);
        
    indyY Math.floor(Math.random() * Stage.height);
        
    ball._x indyX
        ball
    ._y indyY
        removeMovieClip
    (independencia);
        
    attachMovie("independencia_mc","independencia",this.getNextHighestDepth());
        
    independencia._x indyX;
        
    independencia._y indyY;
        
    trace(ball._x);
        
    trace(ball._y);
    }

    attachClips(); 
    Last edited by fruitbeard; 04-10-2014 at 09:11 AM.

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    Thanks, Fruit,

    great !

    It's hard to find out a average Stage size where to fit the text.

    thanks, seems to work perfectly. See you

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