FLASH: Placing clips randomly in a movie

[Joe Fun Gray]

Hey all,


I'm working on a game based on "Concentration." What I want to do is

randomly place the game pieces on a grid I've specified. I've been able to

do this correctly. However, I can't figure out a way to keep game pieces

from landing on each other.


Has anyone done anything like this? My random placement code reads as

follows, "cap" being the game piece and "position" being the location:


Set Variable: "placement" = 18

If (placement > 0)

     Loop While (placement > 0)

           Set Variable: "location" = Random (18)

           Set Property ("/cap"&placement, X Position) = GetProperty (

"/position"&location, _x )

           Set Property ("/cap"&placement, Y Position) = GetProperty (

"/position"&location, _y )

           Set Variable: "placement" = placement - 1

     End Loop

End If


All help would be appreciated, thanks!



Joe Fun Gray

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