Question

i have some loop function for the game, this loop for open the 9 box, here the code

function random_item_2(coinsx)
{
    var listItem:Array = new Array();
    for (var i:uint=0; i<15; i++)
    {
        listItem.push(i);
    }
    ItemLeft = 0;
    for (var x:uint=0; x<boardWidth; x++)
    {
        for (var y:uint=0; y<boardHeight; y++)
        {
            var thisItem:FirstBox = new FirstBox();
            thisItem.x = x * IcardHorizontalSpacing + IboardOffsetX;
            thisItem.y = y * IcardVerticalSpacing + IboardOffsetY;
            var r:int = Math.floor(Math.random() * listItem.length);
            thisItem.cardface = listItem[r];
            listItem.splice(r,1);
            thisItem.gotoAndStop(thisItem.cardface+2);
            var itemFound = this.foundItem(thisItem.cardface);
            if (itemFound == 50 || itemFound == 100 || itemFound == 250 || itemFound == 500 || itemFound == 1000)
            {
                var itemC = Number(coinsx) + Number(itemFound);
                coinsx = itemC;
                update_coins(Number(coinsx));
                info_coinstext(String(coinsx));
                trace('Gold Coins Found > '+itemFound);
            }else if(itemFound!='Kosong'){
                updateItem(itemFound);
                trace('Item Found > '+itemFound);
            }
            addChild(thisItem);
            ItemLeft++;
        }
    }
}

the problem is, 9 box open in one time, not one by one, i want to box open the box one by one, after the first box opened so the next box will open, here for some algo that i wanted

open the first box
delay 5 sec
open the second box
delay for 5 sec

how i can do that ?

Answer 1

To add the delay in your for loop you should write something like this:

function random_item_2(coinsx)
{
    var listItem:Array = new Array();
    for (var i:uint=0; i<15; i++)
    {
        listItem.push(i);
    }
    ItemLeft = 0;

    const DELAY:int = 5000;

    for (var x:uint=0; x<boardWidth; x++)
    {
        for (var y:uint=0; y<boardHeight; y++)
        {
            setTimeout(addItem, (x*boardHeight+y)*DELAY, x, y);
        }
    }
}

function addItem(x:uint, y:uint) : void
{
    var thisItem:FirstBox = new FirstBox();
    thisItem.x = x * IcardHorizontalSpacing + IboardOffsetX;
    thisItem.y = y * IcardVerticalSpacing + IboardOffsetY;

    var r:int = Math.floor(Math.random() * listItem.length);

    thisItem.cardface = listItem[r];
    listItem.splice(r,1);
    thisItem.gotoAndStop(thisItem.cardface+2);

    var itemFound = this.foundItem(thisItem.cardface);

    if(itemFound == 50 || itemFound == 100 || itemFound == 250 || itemFound == 500 || itemFound == 1000)
    {
        var itemC = Number(coinsx) + Number(itemFound);
        coinsx = itemC;
        update_coins(Number(coinsx));
        info_coinstext(String(coinsx));
        trace('Gold Coins Found > '+itemFound);
    }
    else if(itemFound!='Kosong')
    {
        updateItem(itemFound);
        trace('Item Found > '+itemFound);
    }

    addChild(thisItem);
    ItemLeft++;
}

By increasing the delay every time you set the timeout, the function will be called later.