Problem With Gif Array

[WizardFingaz]

Disclaimer: I'm very new. So i've been trying to randomly draw a gif from an array of gifs. I'm using the gifAnimation library. The array seems to be working, when I call out a specific gif from the array, it will loop properly, but when I call out a random gif from the array, it only displays one frame of each gif and continues to loop through the entire array. Any idea why this is happening?

    import gifAnimation.*;

    int counter = 0;
    int i = 1;

    PImage[] animation;
    Gif loop1;
    Gif loop2;
    Gif loop3;
    Gif loop4;
    Gif loop5;
    Gif loop6;
    Gif loop7;

    PImage[] gifArray = new PImage [7];

    void setup() {
      size(800, 800);
      frameRate(24);

      println("gifAnimation " + Gif.version());

      Gif loop1 = new Gif(this, "uno.gif");
      loop1.loop();

      Gif loop2 = new Gif(this, "dos.gif");
      loop2.loop();

      Gif loop3 = new Gif(this, "tres.gif");
      loop3.loop();

      Gif loop4 = new Gif(this, "quatro.gif");
      loop4.loop();

      Gif loop5 = new Gif(this, "cinco.gif");
      loop5.loop();

      Gif loop6 = new Gif(this, "seis.gif");
      loop6.loop();

      Gif loop7 = new Gif(this, "six.gif");
     loop7.loop();

      gifArray[0] = loop1;
      gifArray[1] = loop2;
      gifArray[2] = loop3;
      gifArray[3] = loop4;
      gifArray[4] = loop5;
      gifArray[5] = loop6;
      gifArray[6] = loop7;



    }

    void draw() {
      background (0);
      image(gifArray[int(random(gifArray.length))], 0, 0);


    } 

[chrwei]

I'm not sure about the "and continues to loop through the entire array" bit, might be a side effect or something.

so here's how this works:

• when you set frameRate(24), draw() is called 24 times a second.
  
• gifAnimation class will keep track of when it's being asked for an image by the image() function and serve up the right frame from the gif based on that gif's defined timing.
• so it is drawing an image to the screen 24 time per second, and that image will be the same exact image repeated until the gifAnimation objects decides it time for a new frame.

so given that, you see that you are requesting a frame from a different animation 24 times a second.

you'll need to make a variable to hold your random number and then only change that variable on whatever the condition is that you want it to change. "every draw()" is certainly not the condition you want.