Help me apply random Texture2Ds to a group of GUITextures

Unity Engine
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I’ve got a tough one if someone wants to help me out. This is the first time I’ve tried to program anything more than a basic array, so …

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The basic problem is that I want to apply a random Texture2D to a fixed number (11) of GUITexture objects. It’s to create the random visual field of battle in my game. But there is a catch …

Here’s the problem …

  1. I have 11 GUITexture objects of 3 types (light,medium,heavy) that need to have random Texture2Ds applied to them on the start of a scene. These represent terrain areas a player moves linearly through.

  2. Each of these 3 types (light, medium, heavy) though, has a further handful of random sub-types that can be applied. These subtypes do not affect gameplay, they are only to provide visual variety. For example, a light terrain type that costs 1 to move into and provides no cover might look like an open area, or a field, or a stream, etc.

  3. To confuse matters more, I am placing the 3 “classes” of visual subtypes into an array so that they have 10 options to choose from based on the frequency you’d find them in in western Europe, 1944 (see my code below).

  4. The 11 GUITexture objects need to also be, I think, in an array so that I can determine not only their visual look when I run function createTerrain (), but also allows me to determine where a player is to know move costs and cover value. I need to pull these later two values out of the array (ignoring the terrain visual) during gameplay.

  5. Plus this all requires an additional shuffle function so that the 11 items in point 1 get their order randomized each time a battlefield gets generated. But JS arrays lack a shuffle function, I have found.

Here is my code to try to explain things … I’d be delighted if someone might help me out.

// set terrain area texture graphics
// each terrain type has a variety of associated images that are ONLY for visual change

// light    = open, fields, road, hedges, walls, stream, marsh
// medium   = rough, rubble, hills, orchard, bocage, gully
// heavy    = woods, ruins, buildings, manor/farm, village

var lightOpen : Texture2D;
var lightFields : Texture2D;
var lightRoad : Texture2D;
var lightHedges : Texture2D;
var lightWalls : Texture2D;
var lightStream : Texture2D;
var lightMarsh : Texture2D;

var mediumRough : Texture2D;
var mediumRubble : Texture2D;
var mediumHills : Texture2D;
var mediumOrchard : Texture2D;
var mediumBocage : Texture2D;
var mediumGully : Texture2D;

var heavyWoods : Texture2D;
var heavyManor : Texture2D;
var heavyRuins : Texture2D;
var heavyBuildings : Texture2D;
var heavyVillage : Texture2D;

// identify terrain slots ... need 11
var area1 : GUITexture;
var area2 : GUITexture;
var area3 : GUITexture;
var area4 : GUITexture;
var area5 : GUITexture;
var area6 : GUITexture;
var area7 : GUITexture;
var area8 : GUITexture;
var area9 : GUITexture;
var area10 : GUITexture;
var area11 : GUITexture;

function createTerrain () {

    // create random integer 0-9
	var terrainNumber = (Random.Range(0,9));
	
	// each terrain image array has 10 objects, based on frequency of occurrence in Western Europe terrain
    // light    = open, open, fields, fields, fields, road, hedges, walls, stream, marsh
    // medium   = rough, rough, rubble, rubble, hills, hills, orchard, bocage, bocage, gully
    // heavy    = woods, woods, ruins, ruins, buildings, buildings, manor, village, village
	
	// starting step -- we don't need to know MP and cover costs, as they are the same for light/medium and heavy types
	var lightTerrain = [
 lightOpen,lightOpen,lightFields,lightFields,lightFields,lightRoad,lightHedges,lightWalls,lightStream,lightMarsh
	];
	var mediumTerrain = [
	mediumRough,mediumRough,mediumRubble,mediumRubble,mediumHills,mediumHills,mediumOrchard,mediumBocage,mediumBocage,mediumGully
	];
	var heavyTerrain = [
	heavyWoods,heavyWoods,heavyWoods,heavyRuins,heavyRuins,heavyBuildings,heavyBuildings,heavyManor,heavyVillage,heavyVillage
	];

	// assign the following array value and graphics after SHUFFLE to the 11 terrain areaX above -> 4 light, 4 med, 3 heavy
	var terrainArray = [
        lightTerrain,lightTerrain,lightTerrain,lightTerrain,
		mediumTerrain,mediumTerrain,mediumTerrain,mediumTerrain,
        heavyTerrain,heavyTerrain,heavyTerrain
    ];

    // final step -- apply the terrain visual in this array to a var areaX : GUITexture;
    
}

I am on iChat (AIM) all day as well, should anyone need to ask questions (WidgetMonkeys) or if I have completely buggered up my thoughts.

First gameplay screen shown with the 11 terrain slots I referred to showing at top of screen.

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Being worked on, btw, thanks everyone.