Load a series of movieclips in random order

[Rouxbe T]

I have 9 movie clips which I want to load in random order, so that viewers who come to the webpage don't always see the same thing. I have them set up as 9 frames within another mc.
I'm no Actionscript expert (far from it) but I found a script on one of these forums (it's from a very old thread though) that does just what I need EXCEPT it always displays the first one first, and then the rest in random order. I tried making the first frame empty, but then there was a big lag before it showed anything, because of the timer. Any suggestions, or perhaps a different way altogether? Here's the script I used:


myMc.stop();
time = getTimer();
wait = 500;//1000ms = 1 second
_root.onEnterFrame = function(){
if (getTimer() > time+2000){
myMc.gotoAndStop(random(myMc._framesloaded)+1);
time = getTimer();
}
}


I'm using Flash CS4 but Actionscript 2. Thanks!

[marlopax]

myMc.stop();
time = getTimer();
var myMC_h=22;
wait = 500;//1000ms = 1 second
_root.onEnterFrame = function() {
    if (getTimer()>time+2000) {
        //myMc.gotoAndStop(random(myMc._framesloaded)+1);
        for (i=0; i<9; i++) {
            this["myMC"+i].removeMovieClip();
            this.attachMovie("myMC","myMC"+i,this.getNextHighestDepth(),{_x:100, _y:100+this._y+myMC_h*i});
            this["myMC"+i].gotoAndStop(random(10)+1);
        }
        time = getTimer();
    }

};

marlopax

[Rouxbe T]

Thanks but - this does exactly the same thing! Always starts by showing frame 1 of the movie clip.
Any other ideas?
By the way, each of the movie clips within my main mc are 100 frames long. I changed the time to 9000, to give me the time I need for each one.
I'm not sure what this line does:
wait = 500;//1000ms = 1 second
When I commented it out, it made no difference.

[marlopax]

Actually the var wait is to make the interval dynamic. For instance:

if (getTimer()>time+2000) {

change to

if (getTimer()>time+wait) {

so if you change the value of var wait the interval of time will change.

this does exactly the same thing! Always starts by showing frame 1 of the movie clip.

what exactly you mean?

I changed the time to 9000, to give me the time I need for each one.

this seems that you want to wait for 9000 ms on each frame of your hunderd frame movies, right?

post the fla.

marlopax

[Rouxbe T]

I'm fine with the pacing and yes, 9000 seems about right, no problem there.
The problem is that when the script runs, we're already seeing frame #1 of the mc. I want the order of the whole sequence to be random, starting with the first frame we see. Should the script be on a different frame than the mc?

Here's the fla. I swapped out differently-colored number sequences for the photos, for smaller file size. The first set of numbers is white. How can I change it so that it's random?

Thank you!

[dawsonk]

stop();

var time = getTimer();
var myMC_h = 22;
var wait = 9000;//1000ms = 1 second

myMC._visible = false;
do {
	myMC.gotoAndStop(random(myMC._framesloaded)+1);
} while (myMC._framesloaded<myMC._totalframes);
myMC._visible = true;

_root.onEnterFrame = checkUpdate;

function checkUpdate() {
	if (getTimer()>time+wait) {
		myMC.gotoAndStop(random(myMC._framesloaded)+1);
		for (i=0; i<9; i++) {
			this["myMC"+i].removeMovieClip();
			this.attachMovie("myMC","myMC"+i,this.getNextHighestDepth(),{_x:100, _y:100+this._y+myMC_h*i});
			this["myMC"+i].gotoAndStop(random(10)+1);
		}
		time = getTimer();
	}
}

[Rouxbe T]

Visible = false! A brilliant solution, thank you so much! Works like a charm.