Timer Help: Setting Indivual Timers To Sprites In An Array

[iambubbathedog]

What I have:

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);
		}
	}
}

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!

[cancerinform]

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.

[iambubbathedog]

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.

[iambubbathedog]

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.

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);
		}
	
}

And what's wrong with the child index?