Random Speed

[Dave_of_Canada]

Okay, so I have been using Multimedia Fusion 2 for just over a month and I love it. However, I really suck at Randomizing Stuff.

In my current game that I am making, your objective is to "kick the can". I have this for my Can Creation in the event editor.

Every 3"-00 < Create "Can" at (638,134) on Layer 1.

That works fine. I have a path movement on the can that curves towards the player. But I need to make it more difficult for level 2 and am trying to randomize the speeds of the cans. This is what I have:

Always < Randomize Speed (Can)

But that isn't working, any ideas?

[drnebula]

I would create my own timer. First, set a counter to a random number, let's say 1 to 5 (random(5)+1) Then subtract 1 from the counter every second. When the counter is equal to 0, create your can. Then reset the counter to a new random number to repeat the can creation.

Steve

[Anders]

drnebula:
I think he means the actual speed of the can, not randomizing the time between new cans.

Dave_of_Canada:
I think the path movement sets the speed of the object every time it reaches a node in the path (the speed set in the path movement editor)
Maybe you'll have luck setting some alterable value to your random speed at creation time, and then 'always' set the speed of the can to what you have stored in the that alterable value?