Frustration!

[NeoNova85]

I have a problem, my car won't start. Also, I need to know how to make this function:



function changeScale () {

// Set the target
target = link1.target;

// Store the physics variables
physics = [0.25, 0.9];

// calculate speed using physics
xSpeed = ((target-link1._xscale)*physics[0])+(xSpeed*physics[1]);
ySpeed = ((target-link1._yscale)*physics[0])+(ySpeed*physics[1]);

// move the ball
link1._xscale+=xSpeed;
link1._yscale+=ySpeed;
}

Which changes the scale of a movie clip, making it look bouncy, work for multiple movie clips, not just "Link1".
The .swf will be on my website soon, under links.
Pleeeeeease help 'cause I'm dumb. Thank you.

- Some kid
[Edited by NeoNova85 on 07-16-2001 at 12:47 PM]

[^1letser]

just add a loop action like this:


function changeScale () {

for (p=1,p<=10,p++) {

// Set the target
target = link[p].target;

// Store the physics variables
physics = [0.25, 0.9];

// calculate speed using physics
xSpeed = ((target-link[p]._xscale)*physics[0])+(xSpeed*physics[1]);
ySpeed = ((target-link[p]._yscale)*physics[0])+(ySpeed*physics[1]);

// move the ball
link[p]._xscale+=xSpeed;
link[p]._yscale+=ySpeed;

}
}


this will do the function for all targets named link1, link2, link3 untill link10


^1letser
[Edited by ^1letser on 07-16-2001 at 01:08 PM]

[NeoNova85]

Ah, that helps me a great deal even though that's not exactly what I want to do. I wanted to be able to call the function from each movie clip and have it perform that function, not on each of them in a sequence, since it needs to be done each frame. Now I know that I can use link[x] to specify which link I want the function to work on. Thanks.

- Some kid

[^1letser]

ah oké, you can do that like this (I think)

place this function on a movieclip (say _root.control)



function changeScale (name) {

// Set the target
target = name.target;

// Store the physics variables
physics = [0.25, 0.9];

// calculate speed using physics
xSpeed = ((target-name._xscale)*physics[0])+(xSpeed*physics[1]);
ySpeed = ((target-name._yscale)*physics[0])+(ySpeed*physics[1]);

// move the ball
name._xscale+=xSpeed;
name._yscale+=ySpeed;
}



now on every movieclip you want to call the function from:

name = "_root.path-to-this-movie-clip";
_root.control.changeScale(name);



^1letser