Hello Scott, This is exactly the kind of distribution I want. You solved my problem and you managed to make a piece of art in the process. You are so clever!!
Thanks and cheers, Roger On Mar 4, 2013, at 2:11 AM, Scott Rossi <sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: > I'm still a bit unclear about the result you want, but thinking about it > more, I'd guess you want something like a radial orientation of objects > centered on the card. I'm pretty sure you'd need a logarithmic function > for this, and while I'm not hip to the right way to do it, I cobbled > together an option for fun that seems to come close (via your message box): > go url "http://www.tactilemedia.com/download/random_position.livecode"; > > Pressing the button creates 200 graphics of random > shape/size/translucency, and > positions them radially near the center of the card. For me, this looks > acceptable (and like modern art), but as I said, it may not be the result > you're looking for. You can play with the randomCardPosition function to > change the results. > > Regards, > > Scott Rossi > Creative Director > Tactile Media, UX Design > > > > > On 3/3/13 6:14 PM, "Roger Guay" <i...@mac.com> wrote: > >> Thanks, Scott. I'm not sure I follow what you're saying, so let me expand >> on what I'm trying to do: I want a number (25 to 200) of objects randomly >> positioned on the stack/window but favoring the center of the >> stack/window. Would your described method do this for me? Sorry for being >> slow... >> >> Cheers, >> Roger >> >> >> On Mar 3, 2013, at 7:03 PM, Scott Rossi <sc...@tactilemedia.com> wrote: >> >>> There may be a better mathematical method, but I suppose I would start >>> with the loc of the screen and add some small random offsets to the loc. >>> Then at random times when the loc is calculated, I would add some major >>> offsets to the center loc. In this way, the center loc is always >>> favored. >>> Of course, I don't know how you're going about the calcs, so this may >>> not >>> work for your situation. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Scott Rossi >>> Creative Director >>> Tactile Media, UX Design >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 3/3/13 5:46 PM, "Roger Guay" <i...@mac.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I suspect this is easy, but I'm not coming up with anything. Can anyone >>>> tell me how to get weighted random numbers in LC? Say I want to >>>> position >>>> something on the screen randomly but favor the center of the screen. >>>> Any >>>> ideas? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Roger >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>>> subscription preferences: >>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
