As2 cs4: control number of objects falling at the same time

[Sidenius]

Hi

I've got the following I've been trying to do (however with no luck )

I have a fixed amount of words. Lets say 20 words.
I want each of these words to be put into symbols - so i have 20 symbols (box1...box20).

Now i want the boxes to fall from the top of the screen and until they reach below the screen. But (and this is where i'm lost) I want to have them fall at different speeds AND I want to control how many boxes falls at a time. Starting out with one box and when this box is out of the screen I want to control the amount of boxes/symbols entering the screen next.

A function telling that next there should be i.e. three boxes entering and falling/floating across the screen (from just above the top of the screen untill they all have reached the bottom). And i want to be able to call a function which starts X boxes - even before the existing boxes in the scenes has dropped).

It would be nice to have a function, ie. fallBox(3) , which may be called at any time.

I will appreciate any help.

Cheers

[Nig 13]

Don't know if this is what you want, but make a box, turn it into a movieclip, and delete/remove it from stage. Open Library (CTRL+L) and locate your newly created movieclip, right-click, click on Properties... (or Linkage in Flash 8), tick/check Export for ActionScript, and in the Identifier field, type in box - and press OK. Then, use this code on your frame:

fallBox(100);

function fallBox(num){
    for(i=0;i<num;i++){
        X = (Math.random()*Stage.width-20)+10;
        _speed = (Math.random()*10)+2;
        depth = getNextHighestDepth();
        attachMovie("box", "box"+depth, depth, {_x:X, _y:-10});
        fallDown(this["box"+depth], _speed);
    }
}

function fallDown(mc, speed){
    mc.onEnterFrame = function(){
        mc._y += speed;
        if(mc._y > Stage.height+mc._height){
            unloadMovie(mc);
            delete mc.onEnterFrame;
        }
    }
}

And as you can see by the first code, you can use a function to call a desired number of boxes with different X coordinate and speed!

DOWNLOAD EXAMPLE FLA FILE

Hope it helps

[Sidenius]

I am very grateful! Thanks a lot.

[Nig 13]

So it helped?!?! I thought you wanted something else, lol xD

No problem

[Sidenius]

I did, but I was able to change your code a bit to fit my needs

[Nig 13]

Great