repeating/duplicating images with scripting to make a field of grass

[armadillo88]

i'm trying to create a field of rye grass that scrolls by continously. I think it would probably be easier with actionscripting to make the one image of grass duplicate itself many random times in order to make an appearance of a field that scrolls by. i can't figure out how to do this though. help?

[vatu_leviathan]

good tute @

http://www.actionscript.org/tutorial...ip/index.shtml

gl
lev

[armadillo88]

i managed to get it to dupilicate and stuff, but when it duplicates, all of the clones are on the top of the movie, and i cant figure out how to get them to display on the bottom instead of the top. suggestions? i was looking for something like _yposition or something. i dunno i oculdnt figure it out

[armadillo88]

also how do i make it loop around smoothly? it kinda juts around. i really need to play around with the allignment of the cloned MC, but i cant figure out how. plz?

[vatu_leviathan]

erm, hard to say as i dont know how you want it to look. best thingto do is just open it up and have a play. if you look at the middle layer, it has all the script. best just to change the values:

_root["boxx"+count]._x = random(550);
_root["boxx"+count]._y = random(150);
_root["boxx"+count]._xscale = random(150);
_root["boxx"+count]._yscale = random(150);
_root["boxx"+count]._alpha = random(100);

this is just telling the clip to appear randomly, but within the defined parameters, eg _x = random(550); says that the x position will be set to anything upto 550 (pixels?). so, if you need all your clips lower down the page, reduce the _y value. as for making it smoother, im not too sure. maybe edit the actual symbol so that it animates right from one side of the stage to the other. also mebs put the script on the MC rather than on a frame, hopefully then will work on every frame (12 a second, depending upon ur movie fps) arther than just when the movie loops. eg:

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
count = 1;
while (count<100) {
_root.box.duplicateMovieClip("boxx"+count, count);
_root["boxx"+count]._x = random(550);
_root["boxx"+count]._y = random(50);
_root["boxx"+count]._xscale = random(150);
_root["boxx"+count]._yscale = random(150);
_root["boxx"+count]._alpha = random(100);
count += 1;
}

let me know if this looks any better
lev

[vatu_leviathan]

oops, should be an extra '}' at the bottom of that code

[rainboltart]

I'm not sure if this is relevant to your issue with the grass but as they move off of the screen (if they are going by as in someone walking along a path).
You'll want to remove the movie clips after they move off of the stage.
if (grass_mc._x > rightStage){
grass_mc.removeMovieClip();
}

(bold items are variables you'd define)

You want to do this to save processing power and then it might make your animation run more smoothly. Also you may want to look at your frame rate, too high or too low can make your animation look odd.

I'd also load them up with an array rather than duplicating what is on the stage (removing placed items is more difficult) If you need code for that sort of thing let me know. (I think I get e-mail updates on postings).