[NiteFlame]

went to a website and did everything they said to do just to tell me at the end "this is how you dnt do it" witch pissed me off and i came here looking for help.

i want to make a 2D Array that is filled with random terrain and set the x,y and add it all at once if i can

is there a way to use what i have now and just tweek it to work if so can i be pointed the rite way to do that
or if this is just a mess i cnt use can someone point me in the way i should be going

package  {
	
	import flash.display.*;
	import flash.events.*;
	
	public class TerrainSetUp extends MovieClip{
		
		public var Snow : MovieClip = new MovieClip;
		public var Grass : MovieClip = new MovieClip;
		public var Sand : MovieClip = new MovieClip;
		public var Rocky : MovieClip = new MovieClip;
		public var Water : MovieClip = new MovieClip;
		public var RanNum : Number = 0;
		public var i : Number = 0;
		public var j : Number = 0;
		public var TerrainArray :Array = new Array(20 , 20);
		public var Set : Boolean = true;
		
		public function TerrainSetUp() {
			Snow = new SnowImg;
			Grass = new GrassImg;
			Sand = new SandImg;
			Rocky = new RockyImg;
			Water = new WaterImg;
			
			Snow.scaleX = 50;
			Grass.scaleX = 50;
			Sand.scaleX = 50;
			Rocky.scaleX = 50;
			Water.scaleX = 50;
			
			Snow.scaleY = 50;
			Grass.scaleY = 50;
			Sand.scaleY = 50;
			Rocky.scaleY = 50;
			Water.scaleY = 50;
			
			if(Set == true){
			   Set = false
			   SetTheTerrain();
			   }
			
			
		}
		
		public function SetTheTerrain():void{
			
			
			for( i = 0 ; i < 20 ; i ++){
				RanNum = Math.floor(Math.random() * (5))
				trace (i,j)
				if(RanNum == 0){
					TerrainArray[i,j] = Grass;
					TerrainArray[i,j].x = (i * 50);
					TerrainArray[i,j].y = (j * 50);
					addChild(TerrainArray[i,j]);
				}
				if(RanNum == 1){
					TerrainArray[i,j] = Snow;
					TerrainArray[i,j].x = (i * 50);
					TerrainArray[i,j].y = (j * 50);
					addChild(TerrainArray[i,j]);
				}
				if(RanNum == 2){
					TerrainArray[i,j] = Rocky;
					TerrainArray[i,j].x = (i * 50);
					TerrainArray[i,j].y = (j * 50);
					addChild(TerrainArray[i,j]);
				}
				if(RanNum == 3){
					TerrainArray[i,j] = Water;
					TerrainArray[i,j].x = (i * 50);
					TerrainArray[i,j].y = (j * 50);
					addChild(TerrainArray[i,j]);
				}
				if(RanNum == 4){
					TerrainArray[i,j] = Sand;
					TerrainArray[i,j].x = (i * 50);
					TerrainArray[i,j].y = (j * 50);
					addChild(TerrainArray[i,j]);
				}else{
					TerrainArray[i,j] = Grass;
					TerrainArray[i,j].x = (i * 50);
					TerrainArray[i,j].y = (j * 50);
					addChild(TerrainArray[i,j]);
				}
				if(i == 5){
					i = 0
					j++;
					if( j == 5){
						break;
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}
	
}

[chinchang]

So what problem are you facing with the current code. Any compiler errors or not getting what you want ?? Mention them.

[lordofduct]

Unless newer versions of AS3 which I haven't used have support for it... the straight 2D array as written in your code:

new Array(20,20)

isn't possible... instead that'd just be an array with 2 values in it.

You'd need to create what is called a jagged array (an array of arrays). Or create one array that is 20 * 20 (400) in length, and access on a rolling index.

[NiteFlame]

lordofduct, on 18 July 2011 - 08:27 AM, said:

Unless newer versions of AS3 which I haven't used have support for it... the straight 2D array as written in your code:

new Array(20,20)

isn't possible... instead that'd just be an array with 2 values in it.

You'd need to create what is called a jagged array (an array of arrays). Or create one array that is 20 * 20 (400) in length, and access on a rolling index.

that straight array was part of a tutorial that i based my code off of but when i got to the end of the tutorial it told me "this is how you dnt do it" so i came here to c if there was a way to edit it to fix it.

so for the nested array would it look like this

public var row1 : array = new array [20];
public var row2 : array = new array [20];
public var row3 : array = new array [20];
public var row4 : array = new array [20];
.....
public var row20 : array = new array [20];
public var column [row1, row2, row3, row4, ....., row20];

this is for a tactics game so i need to be able to find the location of each unit and have them move correctly and i cnt seem to wrap my head around doing that with the nested array or the 400 length array.

also will i be able to still add random terrain to the nest array with my current code or will that need to be completely redone

[lordofduct]

that's from a tutorial that said...

"this is how you dont do it"

get a new tutorial (also, can I see this tutorial...?)

[NiteFlame]

the tutorial isnt on D.I.C. it was a random one i found while searching google for Flash as3 2d array

[NiteFlame]

var array:Array = new Array();
array[0] = ["cat.jpg", "1", "Here is a picture of a cat"];
array[1] = ["dog.jpg", "2", "Here is a picture of a dog"];
array[2] = ["frog.jpg", "3", "Here is a picture of a frog"];

To access the data, use array[0][0] to access “cat.jpg”, array[1][1] to access “2″, and array[2][2] to access “Here is a picture of a frog”.

found this by digging around and it looks like the easiest way to explain a 2D array in flash but what happens when i want a 3D array now from here anyone got any ideas

[lordofduct]

3d array would just be an array of arrays of arrays...

note though, it gets very complicated to manage all the arrays out at that dimension... a lot of the time there's an easier way to manage data then with 3d arrays (especially 3d jagged arrays seeing as flash doesn't support 3d straight arrays).

[NiteFlame]

i got the code some what working
it makes a 2d array and and sets and re-sizes the imgs and puts everything how it should
but when i run the program i only have 5 squares at the end of my board
so it would seem instead of making a new terrain square for each [i][j] its just moving them
, and when i try to do "TerrainArray[i][j] = new grass" it gives me the error of "Call to a possibly undefined method Grass"
idk where to go from here anyone got any ideas?

package  {
	
	import flash.display.*;
	import flash.events.*;
	
	public class TerrainSetUp extends MovieClip{
		
		public var Snow : MovieClip = new MovieClip;
		public var Grass : MovieClip = new MovieClip;
		public var Sand : MovieClip = new MovieClip;
		public var Rocky : MovieClip = new MovieClip;
		public var Water : MovieClip = new MovieClip;
		public var RanNum : Number = 0;
		public var i : Number = 0;
		public var j : Number = 0;
		public var TerrainArray :Array = new Array(20 , 20);
		public var Set : Boolean = true;
		public var TempTerrain : MovieClip = new MovieClip;
		
		public function TerrainSetUp() {
			Snow = new SnowImg;
			Grass = new GrassImg;
			Sand = new SandImg;
			Rocky = new RockyImg;
			Water = new WaterImg;
			
			TempTerrain = new GrassImg;
			
			Snow.scaleX = .25;
			Grass.scaleX = .25;
			Sand.scaleX = .25;
			Rocky.scaleX = .25;
			Water.scaleX = .25;
			
			Snow.scaleY = .25;
			Grass.scaleY = .25;
			Sand.scaleY = .25;
			Rocky.scaleY = .25;
			Water.scaleY = .25;
			
			if(Set == true){
			   Set = false
			   SetTheTerrain();
			   }
			
			
		}
		
		public function SetTheTerrain():void{
			
			for( i = 0 ; i < 30 ; i ++){
				TerrainArray[i] = [TempTerrain, TempTerrain, TempTerrain, TempTerrain, TempTerrain, TempTerrain, TempTerrain, TempTerrain, TempTerrain, TempTerrain, TempTerrain, TempTerrain, TempTerrain, TempTerrain, TempTerrain, TempTerrain, TempTerrain, TempTerrain, TempTerrain, TempTerrain, TempTerrain, TempTerrain, TempTerrain, TempTerrain, TempTerrain, TempTerrain, TempTerrain, TempTerrain, TempTerrain, TempTerrain]
			}
			SetTheTerrain2();
		}
		public function SetTheTerrain2():void{
			for( i = 0 ; i < 20 ; i ++){
				RanNum = Math.floor(Math.random() * (5))
				trace (i,j)
				if(RanNum == 0){
					TerrainArray[i][j] = Grass;
					TerrainArray[i][j].x = (i * 50);
					TerrainArray[i][j].y = (j * 50);
					addChild(TerrainArray[i][j]);
				}
				if(RanNum == 1){
					TerrainArray[i][j] = Snow;
					TerrainArray[i][j].x = (i * 50);
					TerrainArray[i][j].y = (j * 50);
					addChild(TerrainArray[i][j]);
				}
				if(RanNum == 2){
					TerrainArray[i][j] = Rocky;
					TerrainArray[i][j].x = (i * 50);
					TerrainArray[i][j].y = (j * 50);
					addChild(TerrainArray[i][j]);
				}
				if(RanNum == 3){
					TerrainArray[i][j] = Water;
					TerrainArray[i][j].x = (i * 50);
					TerrainArray[i][j].y = (j * 50);
					addChild(TerrainArray[i][j]);
				}
				if(RanNum == 4){
					TerrainArray[i][j] = Sand;
					TerrainArray[i][j].x = (i * 50);
					TerrainArray[i][j].y = (j * 50);
					addChild(TerrainArray[i][j]);
				}else{
					TerrainArray[i][j] = Grass;
					TerrainArray[i][j].x = (i * 50);
					TerrainArray[i][j].y = (j * 50);
					addChild(TerrainArray[i][j]);
				}
				if(i == 10){
					i = 0
					j++;
					if( j == 11){
						break;
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}
	
}