How do I shuffle my stones?

Hello you creative minds, artists and developers!

First of all: I am a total beginner. So please excuse some stupid questions i will ask. Some day I will have learned enough to help other newbies, just like you are about to do (hopeflly).

So i've created a simple Mahjong game to get a better understanding for construct. It only has one layer, so there are only the x- and y-coordinates. Everything works fine except the shuffle function. Every stone has an animation (the picture of one of the mahjong stones) depending on it's uid. My problem is, that i don't get how to change the order of this animations randomly every time I start the game.

So, if there is anyone out there who can help me with this (i'm sure it is) silly problem, I would be very thankful.

The stones are only an unique object with multiples instances, each one with an animation frame?

Most basic way would be to create variabe, give it random rounded number (from 1 to max number of combinations) and then for each combination IF condition like:

if var = 1 - do 1st combination

else

if var = 2 - do 2nd combination

and so on.

Of course, there are probably more advanced and elegant way, like using a family (when you create family construct spawn random member), but sometimes most basic things are the best.

Can you give us capx?

find your answer here

https://www.scirra.com/tutorials/1393/m ... e-tutorial