The following information assumes that you have used Director, and know basic navigational scripting. Some examples below will assume that you know how to make a shockwave movie, make HTML frames and can load a shockwave movie into a frame and alter other frames using the shockwave movie.
The Lingo command random() generates a random number between 1 and the number entered into the brackets.
The basic syntax for the command is:
random(x)
where x is the high number. If you want to randomly choose between 6 options, x would be the number 6, and you would randomly get one of these numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Examples:
1) When you rollover a sprite, it randomly beeps between 1 and 15 times:
on mouseenter
put random(15) into x
beep x
end
2) When you click on a sprite, it randomly goes to one of 3 different markers in the movie:
on mouseup
x = random(3)
if x = 1 then
_movie.go("hammerheads")
else if x = 2 then
_movie.go("basking")
else if x = 3 then
_movie.go("whale")
end if
end
3) When you roll over a sprite, it randomly plays one of 8 different sounds in sound channel 1:
on mouseenter
x = random(8)
if x = 1 then
sound(1).play(member("quietbuzzing"))
else if x = 2 then
sound(1).play(member("buzzing"))
else if x = 3 then
sound(1).play(member("loudbuzzing"))
else if x = 4 then
sound(1).play(member("angrybuzzing"))
else if x = 5 then
sound(1).play(member("scarybuzzing"))
else if x = 6 then
sound(1).play(member("beesbuzzing"))
else if x = 7 then
sound(1).play(member("alarmsbuzzing"))
else if x = 8 then
sound(1).play(member("chameleonbuzzing"))
end if
end
4) Shockwave controlling frames example
When you click on a sprite, it randomly loads one of 3 webpages into a frame, and then goes to one of three markers in the shockwave movie:
on mouseup
put random(3) into x
if x = 1 then
gotonetpage "elephantseal.html","topright"
go to "elephant"
else if x = 2 then
gotonetpage "weddellseal.html","topright"
go to "weddell"
else if x = 3 then
gotonetpage "harpseal.html","topright"
go to "harp"
end if
end
5) Shockwave controlling frames example
When the shockwave movie leaves this frame, it loads a web page randomly into one frame or another frame (topright or topleft):
on exitframe
put random(2) into x
if x = 1 then
gotonetpage "turn.html","topright"
else if x = 2 then
gotonetpage "turn.html","topleft"
end if
end
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