Timer Help: Setting Indivual Timers To Sprites In An Array

What I have:

Code:

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var glideShootingTimer:Timer = new Timer (500);
glideShootingTimer.start();
glideShootingTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, glideShoot);
function glideShoot(evt:Event)
{
        for (var g:Number = 0; g<glideArray.length; g++)
        {
                if (glideArray[g]._shoot == true)
                {
                //create new instance of torpedo
                var newTorpedo = new EnemyTorpedo();
                //set the torpedo's X and Y properties
                newTorpedo.x = glideArray[g].x;
                newTorpedo.y = glideArray[g].y;
                //set the rotation, and give it a property, so we can animate it correctly
                newTorpedo.rotation = newTorpedo._rot =  glideArray[g].rotation;
                //stuff it into the array
                torpedoArray.push(newTorpedo);
                //put it on the stage
                addChild(newTorpedo);
                //put it on index just under glide that shot it
                setChildIndex(newTorpedo, getChildIndex(glideArray[g]) - 1);
                }
        }
}

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What it does:
Every half second create a torpedo underneath every "glide" sprite on the stage.

What is wrong:
Every "glide" fires at the same time as the others.

What I need:
A way to individually time the firing. A way to make it fire in independent half second intervals, not all at once.

Help is appreciated! Thanks!

Instead of using a for loop create a random number:

var g:int = int(Math.random() * glideArray.length-1);

But you need to work on the childindex. Use a counter for the childindex, which continuously counts up.

That will work for making them fire one at a time every half second, but I want them all to be able to fire whenever they come within range. Maybe if I made the interval (500/glideArray.length) that would work right. Thanks, but I don't think that completely solves my issue.

This is what I changed and it seems to work well enough, but if anyone has a better way of doing what I want to do let me know.

Code:

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var glideShootingTimer:Timer = new Timer (500);
glideShootingTimer.start(); // place this in if statement for faster run time (Start/Stop when needed)
glideShootingTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, glideShoot);
function glideShoot(evt:Event)
{
        glideShootingTimer.delay = (500/glideArray.length);
        var g:int = int(Math.random() * glideArray.length-1);
                if (glideArray[g]._shoot == true)
                {
                //create new instance of torpedo
                var newTorpedo = new EnemyTorpedo();
                //set the torpedo's X and Y properties
                newTorpedo.x = glideArray[g].x;
                newTorpedo.y = glideArray[g].y;
                //set the rotation, and give it a property, so we can animate it correctly
                newTorpedo.rotation = newTorpedo._rot =  glideArray[g].rotation;
                //stuff it into the array
                torpedoArray.push(newTorpedo);
                //put it on the stage
                addChild(newTorpedo);
                //put it on index just under glide that shot it
                setChildIndex(newTorpedo, getChildIndex(glideArray[g]) - 1);
                }
       
}

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And what's wrong with the child index?