No worries 
Just discovered that there’s a limit on the number of quotes you can put in a thread post though.
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Yea, well I did worse!
I found out, there is a limit to the “smiley faces” you can add!
Chris:)
Horacebury,
I have implemented your code and all works wonderfully with my existing code!
The changes I had to make were surprisingly painless and quick!
I have a question: "How can I dispatch an event to each card through the SECOND for-loop below?
– shuffle cards
for i=1, math.random( 50, 100 ) do local indexToShuffle = math.random( 1, stack.numChildren )--number between 1 and 52 stack[indexToShuffle]:toFront() -- :toBack() works just fine end
– at this point the cards are shown on screen in shuffled order, so we reveal them
for i=stack.numChildren, 1, -1 do--from 52 down to 1
Right here, how can I dispatch an event to each card through this loop? I have custom functions for each card in the aCard.lua file; each card in-turn has a parent, required() from: class.lua. All cards share common functions, and I have custom constructors that give certain cards special functions:
“EGGsample”
aCard:doSomething() --COMMON TO ALL CARDS
Card1:doSomethingSpecial() --ONLY SPECIAL CARDS
MY SHOT IN THE DARK!
stack[i]:dispatchEvent( myEvent )--whyDoesThisNotWork?
transition.to( stack[i], { delay=i\*500, time=350, y=600 } ) end
I even attached:
object:addEventListener( "myEvent", self )
…in the same location I attached:
object:addEventListener( "touch", self )
The latter works, the former does not.
Using the class.lua and attempting OOP, I am beginning to slightly blur the communication with the “self” in the aCard.lua module, when I am “OUT OF SCOPE”.
I know I am closer. Your assistance today took me ‘personally’ light years ahead in my understanding, hence, the new questions.
Chris:)