Random Object Spawn

Well, I’m new to action script (I know the very basic stuff) and I’m planning on making a very basic game to start with.

For my game, I need to know how to make one object (a movie clip symbol) Spawn off stage (above it at a random place), then fall down at a random speed. Also, how do I control the limit of the number for the Math.Random() function?

Thanks.

to spawn the object search for tutorials on attachMovie(), for theMath.random(), it puts out a random number x, when 0>x>1, so if you want the number to be a random number 0 to 100, make the code Math.random()*100.

Thank you very much, Is there a way to control the random between like 5 – 15?

something like (Math.random()*-10)+15

thats how to do it is on excel at least…so I would think same principles apply

I think that works :P It gave me 12.34 and some odd decimals the first time. Thanks.

np, maybe do a rounding function? Idk how but =P if you wanna try…I wont stop you

Also ill explain the code, A number spawn between 0 and 1, so -10 multiplied by 0 is 0 and by 1 is -10

If you add 15 to -10 you get 5, adding 15 to 0 gets you 15, so your minimum is 5 and maximum is 15

:P Thanks for explaining. Rounding is going good… Just getting this Random Object spawning to work the hard thing.

To round you can use Math.round(x); (I think) Or you can chop off the decimal with Math.floor(x);

Thanks Cheese.

Anyone know a Math.random() Equation to get between 100 – 450

I’ve trying to figure it out for 20 minutes :P

NVM :D

Anytime you want a between use this equation …........ random*(highest-lowest)+lowest