duplicatemovieclip in rows

[jarin]

hi i've read some other threads about this but i can't seem to get them to work with my script..i'm trying to fill my stage with squares to make a visual grid, using setInterval so it shows them animating across row by row.

so far i have this:

var counter = 1;
var i = 2;

function duplicateMC () {
    duplicateMovieClip(square,"square" + i, i)
    setProperty("square" + i, _x, (i-1) * 14);
    i++;
    
    if (counter == 50) {
        clearInterval(counterInterval);
    }
    
    counter++;
}

var counterInterval = setInterval(this, "duplicateMC", 10);

and that's building one row v nicely

however i've tried adding in code to make it break onto the next row after duplicating 50 but can't seem to get it to work no matter what i do..

any tips?? thanks!

[Krilnon]

Maybe you can do something like this:

var counter = 1;
var i = 2;

function duplicateMC () {
    duplicateMovieClip(square,"square" + i, i);
    setProperty("square" + i, _x, ((i - 1) % 50) * 14);
    setProperty("square" + i, _y, int((i - 1) / 50) * 14);
    i++;
    
    if (counter == 249) {
        clearInterval(counterInterval);
    }
    
    counter++;
}

var counterInterval = setInterval(duplicateMC, 10);

[jarin]

that worked perfectly
thank you!!