> How is possible to move castmembers on the stage on the fly. I would
> like to find the first empty frame available and place several
> castmembers in different channels all on the fly but at the moment I
> don't have a clue how to achieve this.
You can find empty sprite channels by checking if the memberNum of a sprite
equals 0, and if it does, puppet that sprite channel, set the member of that
sprite to some cast member (by member name or cast member number), and then
set its location, something like this:
on puppetSomething whichChannel, whichMember, whatLocH, whatLocV
if sprite(whichChannel).memberNum = 0 then
sprite(whichChannel).puppet = TRUE
sprite(whichChannel).member = whichMember
sprite(whichChannel).loc = point(whatLocH,whatLocV)
end if
end
In the message window type:
puppetSomething 2, "square", 100, 150
Assuming you have a castmember named "square" and channel 2 is empty, this
will place the sprite at point(100,150). How you manage what member is in
which channel and its location can be done with a list.
HTH
Erik
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