Randomly moving navigation system

[ian27]

Hello, I need to create a navigation system similar to that of http://www.planettan.com. I'm talking about the main page with the bubbles that move randomly and open when rolled over. Is there a simple way to make the buttons move in this random fashion? And what about making the bubbles open up using actionscript instead of tweening - how difficult is that?

Thanks.

Ian

[red penguin]

random movement is all over the place. search that one.
As for using code to make the bubbles open up, indeed. Robert Penner. Might be a lot for a n00b, but you must start somewhere, right?

[Dr Warm]

Just quickly try this tute or rip it off whatever, just add an
on(rollOver){
play():
}
or something to make those cool buttons, and change aplay to make them seethrough, that's so cool

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/random_motion.htm

[Dr Warm]

I thought this navigation was so cool i decided to have a crack at it myself, you probably want to have a fiddle with it to slow down the speeds
*Note* i just made the circles and made them grow/shrink, i didn't make the movement, i got it from somewhere on kirupa
Enjoy this .fla!

BTW can someone give me a easier code for making them increase, i don't know how to make it constantly increase (eg _xscale += 10;) while on(rollOver) except doing it the longer way in the .fla. ie if i say
on(rollOver){
if(something = true){
this += 10;
}
}
then it will add 10 every frame not just add 10 then stop, ie is there something like on(over) cheers
Reuben

[ian27]

I thought this navigation was so cool i decided to have a crack at it myself, you probably want to have a fiddle with it to slow down the speeds
*Note* i just made the circles and made them grow/shrink, i didn't make the movement, i got it from somewhere on kirupa
Enjoy this .fla!

BTW can someone give me a easier code for making them increase, i don't know how to make it constantly increase (eg _xscale += 10;) while on(rollOver) except doing it the longer way in the .fla. ie if i say
on(rollOver){
if(something = true){
this += 10;
}
}
then it will add 10 every frame not just add 10 then stop, ie is there something like on(over) cheers
Reuben

Wow mate! That's just the ticket. I'm going to work on it too sometime over the next few days when I get a chance (I'm currently snowed under with another Flash project at present). Any modifications etc that I make I'll send over to you for inspection. I agree, it's a very visually appealing navigation system.

Going off topic: I noticed that you are located in Australia and I was wondering if you work as a website designer in Australia or it is just a hobby of yours. I ask because I currently live in England but I am also an Australian permanent resident and shall be moving to Australia. I am always interested to hear about the industry "down under".

Ian

[Dr Warm]

Sorry i don't really know much about the industry in Australia because i'm only 17 and still in school, i just do flash at the moment for fun, but i might become a web designer in the future, but i thihk i'll try out engineering for fun.

[ian27]

Nice one! I wish I'd been a bit more ambitious when I was 17. Good luck with it all, although I suspect you probably won't need much:)

Ian

[Dr Warm]

Um thanks for that :)
I've made a version 2 of this menu thing, i like this one better, whether anyone else does.... i made it easier to change variables, all balls link to actionscript in frame 1