[SOLVED] Actionscript Help: auto populating array random

[chmpdog]

Hi, Im new to actionscript, but I decided to give it a shot in a new flash game I am making. So far everything is going great, but I have a "random" gamemode for this new game, where it basically does Math.Random for and decides which frame it goes to.

 

But here is the problem: often times it brings me back to the same frame, or a previous frame I have already played. So what can I do so that it doesn't go back to the same frame?

 

thank-you

[trq]

Execute your random function recursively until it lands on a frame that isn't the current frame.

[chmpdog]

But what about the other frames they have already visited? How can I log this?

[trq]

Store them somewhere (like an array) then check against this storage.

 

Its logical thinking, not rocket science

[RichardRotterdam]

Why don't you store all the playable frames inside an array and shuffle it? That way you can simple increase the array key by one each time you enter a new game thus not having to check if you already played the game.

[chmpdog]

how would you shuffle it?

[chmpdog]

never mind I found it. Thank You.

 

Array.prototype.shuffle=function(){

  for(i=0;i<this.length;i++){

      var tmp=this;

      var randomNum=random(this.length);

      this=this[randomNum];

      this[randomNum]=tmp;

  }

}

 

 

arr1=["a","b","c","d","e"];

arr1.shuffle();

trace(arr1);