Moving A Movie Clip While It's Playing
Is there a way to move a movie clip in code and still allow it to play?
The reason I ask is because I have a character that moves in the movie clip but whenever I use the keyboard keys to move the movie clip on _root, it stops his animation.
Suggestions?
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Posted on: 05-06-2005, 12:11 AM
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Hello everyone,
I cannot wrap my brain around this anymore. It's been sometime since I have done much actionscript but here it is:
Functionality:
I have the movie clip moving from left to right and once it reaches a certain point, it changes direction and goes back, infinitely.
I have a hitTest to check weather the mouse is over the target movie clip, if it is, the movement stops.
Problem1 - Movement:
When I mouseover the target movie clip it stops (hitTest=true) but the movement does not resume when the hitTest is false.
Here's the code:
var xchange=10;
holder_mc.onEnterFrame = function() {
//trace("x_pos: "+this._x)
//trace("xchange: "+xchange)
this._x += xchange;
if (this.hitTest(_xmouse, _ymouse, true)) {
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}
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xchange *= -1;
}
}
}//--------------------------------------
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stop();
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};
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rewind = false;
play();
};
this.onRollOut = function() {
rewind = true;
};
//----------------------
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I hope I've been clear.
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if (event.keyCode == Keyboard.LEFT) {
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}
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Guy.GuyUp.gotoAndStop(2);
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Guy.GuyRight.gotoAndStop(1);
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Guy.y+= mainSpeed;
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Guy.GuyDown.gotoAndPlay(2);
Guy.GuyUp.gotoAndPlay(1);
}
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Guy.GuyDown.gotoAndStop(1);
}
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Guy.x-= mainSpeed;
Guy.gotoAndStop(4);
Guy.GuyLeft.gotoAndPlay(2);
}
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Guy.GuyLeft.gotoAndStop(1);
}
}
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