beginner question from germany - how to shuffle objects

[brucewilli1]

Hallo everybody, i use hipp5 only for fun. Now i decided to update the Memory game at the Demos. But, my knowledge is to less.

How can i learn more about the Scripting?

At the moment i am searching to solve two Problems.

How can i call objects when they only in the biliothek? is this generally possible?

The second Problem: How to Shuffle objects, normaly used in an Array.

Please be patient about my english. Im older than 50 years.

[runes]

Welcome to the forum!

Two very quick answers:
It's impossible to call objects from the library. They have to be placed on stage and given a scriptId.

Shuffling... ..You will have to put the scriptid's in an array (as you mention yourself) and make a sorting function. Something like:

function randOrd(){
return Math.round(Math.random()-0.5);
}

...then call the function when needed:

yourArray.sort(randOrd);

It sounds to me like you have some knowledge of Flash/actionscript. Am I right about that? Because that's really good basis for learning Hippani Animator. Study the forum and tutorials and you'll soon be a master

[brucewilli1]

Many thanks for the quick answer.

You are right, serval month before ich did a little with Actionsscript.

But, now my next question?

How can i put the cards at a certain position on the stage with script?

In Actionscript i used "eval" and the value of "_x" and "_y" to put it to a desired position.

Maybe i have to read the right book.
Can you give me a suggestion?

[Deleted]

Step 1: how to change the position

Let's say you have an object on main scene , you should check the "Use ScriptId" option to allow that object to be accessed through js.
e.g we rename it to "target" , and now "target" can be used to do a lot of things such as target.X , target.Y , for available api , please see:

www.hippani.com/?S=AnimatorHelp&Page=Frame



Step 2: how to create objects through a shuffled array

And now we have a list of objects , you may wish to create them dynamically . The hippani 5.0 provided you a new way that similar to action script 2.0 "attachMovie" called "DuplicateItem", so you can uncheck the visibility option of your "target" to false , and duplicate it through a shuffled array , and show them finally .



Step 3: how to grab player's click action

This is a little tricky if you really need to detect witch button or hotpots have been clicked in a shuffled list , at least so far no easy way.
Please see here :

hippani.proboards.com/thread/846/useful-functions-developers



Finally:

I would still recommend you to find other ways to do this if possible . And also your project should be keep as small as possible , because when project grows larger , you will need more time to solve more difficult problems.

[brucewilli1]

First of all, sorry about my late reply, and thank you for your answer.

At the beginning of my memory-project i thougt it was a small project.
In the attached file i show you the recent work. ... Later i will use Timelines (i hope so), now its a programm for the very young people

Memory006.hani (920.28 KB)

... but again ... i need a little help form ....

In Javascript i guess i can use the script as follows:

K1a = document.getElementByID("Karte1a") // Karte1a is the ID at my stage and randomly sorted

and then i want to add an listener to it

K1a.addEventListener("click", myFunction, false);

... and nothing happend, or many errors occur.

I´m keen on a little help -- thanks