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[Request / Listing] Flash MX 2004 Attach MC?

  I can't figure out how to attach a movieclip in Flash MX 2004 with a script!  I've tried everything..  Just give me the way to do it, damnit!  (Actionscript 2.0)

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[joeshmo]

joeshmo

Re: Flash MX 2004 Attach MC?

Not sure what you mean but look at this:
http://www.adobe.com/support/flash/action_scripts/actionscript_dictionary/actionscript_dictionary508.html

I like madness n_n. Great game/cartoon.

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Re: Flash MX 2004 Attach MC?

Thanks, but what I want to do is "spawn" a MC at a sepcified X/Y.  So bascicly attach it to a background image 

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[joeshmo]

joeshmo

Re: Flash MX 2004 Attach MC?

Ah, I see. Here we go

the function is:

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duplicateMovieClip (movieclip to be duplicated,"name of new movieclip", depth of movieclip);
 if you dont know what the depth is, just set it to one.

Here is a frame code to duplicate a movieclip, we will call it circle, and move it somewhere.

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duplicateMovieClip (_root.circle,"circle2", 1);
circle2._x=15;
circle2._y=60
Important: The name of the new movieclip MUST be in quotes. Also the name of the first movie clip must be the instance name, not the original name.

If you need another example I will write one for you.

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Re: Flash MX 2004 Attach MC?

Thanks  But Can there be collission detection with many objects at once without defining all the names? 
I mean like have a variable that can mean anything

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[joeshmo]

joeshmo

Re: Flash MX 2004 Attach MC?

Thanks  But Can there be collission detection with many objects at once without defining all the names? 
I mean like have a variable that can mean anything

There is no wildcard in flash, which is what you need. What you should do is add the colision testing to the movieclip being duplicaticated rather than the thing it should hit. Oh yes, if you want to spawn multiple times its just:
while(i<10) {
//creates a movieclip. If i=1, it will be circle0
duplicateMovieClip (_root.circle,"circle"+i, 1);
i++;
}

This creates 10 movieclips. You would have the set their location from the movieclip, not the duplicate function. All duplicated movieclips contain the same code as the original.

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Re: Flash MX 2004 Attach MC?

Would this work? (Working with MCs not a frame, whussa diff?) I am assuming that just hitTest would sense ANY hit

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (!hitTest(circle)) {
add anything else you DONT want it to be
if(hitTest) {
than what you want
_width = 103;
_height = 100;
}
}
}

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[joeshmo]

joeshmo

Re: Flash MX 2004 Attach MC?

That should work. Exept hittest must hit an object specified. It doesnt see collision with all objects, just the ones specified. And there is no wildcard function in flash! There is a way to solve this though:

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onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
while(_root.num>num) {
num++;
if (!hitTest("circle"+num)) {
//add anything else you DONT want it to be
}
if(hitTest("circle"+num) {
//than what you want
_width = 103;
_height = 100;
}
}
}
Also you needed to close your if(!hittest) section, otherwise the part after it wouldnt do anything. Then in your duplicate script needs to have a num variable

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while(i<10) {
_root.num++;
duplicateMovieClip (_root.circle,"circle"+i, 1);
i++;
}
This lets flash know how many movieclips you duplicated.

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Re: Flash MX 2004 Attach MC?

But than wouldn't that only sense the latest one created?  What if it needs to sense all of them? 

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[joeshmo]

joeshmo

Re: Flash MX 2004 Attach MC?

No, because we put the while statement. That constantly circles through all the  movieclips you have to see if it hits.

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Re: Flash MX 2004 Attach MC?

   I get it.  But if there are 90 objects you want to check and its a 30 FPS movie won't it be too long before it senses it passing over it?

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[joeshmo]

joeshmo

Re: Flash MX 2004 Attach MC?

No. Doing this simple while statement takes less than a 90th of a second. It should only have a tiny bit lag.

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Re: Flash MX 2004 Attach MC?

Wow!  I shouldn't talk back  ;D

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[joeshmo]

joeshmo

Re: Flash MX 2004 Attach MC?

Its fine. I thought the same thing too the first time I saw the code. Luckily its just a quick while string. Over 200 video clips with this are not recomended though.

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