MyMovieClip.hitTest(target)?
Hi,
Can "target" be a MC?
According Macromedia's tutorial, "The target usually represents a button or text-entry field". My target is a MC. Is it possible to use the hitTest()?
I want to detect the collision of two objects.
Please help. Thanks!
FlashKit > Flash Help > Flash MX
Posted on: 06-17-2002, 05:57 PM
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Bad Target To Hittest - Help
I did read alot of Hittest threads, and some helped but, still have trouble getting the correct target in my MCs to work. I Have a test movie with two MCs and a hittest - works good by itself (uses shape flag too):
_root.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (player.hitTest(_root.block_mc._x, _root.block_mc._y, true)) {
_root.hitText.text = "Entering Hospital";
trace("HIT");
}
else {
_root.hitText.text = "Go to a building";
trace("NO HIT");
}
}
But then I load this .swf into an empty MC in my template .swf that holds everything (target_mc is the empty MC):
on (release) {
loadMovie("scene_natural/town_hitTest1.swf", target_mc);
}
So I know I need to target this correctly, and have tried serveral ways and they just don't work (note this file is in another directory, "/scene_natural/")
Right now I have something like this (doesn't work):
_root.onEnterFrame = function() {
if (_root.target_mc.player.hitTest(_root.target_mc.bl ock_mc._x, _root.target_mc.block_mc._y, true)) {
_root.target_mc.hitText.text = "Entering Hospital";
trace("HIT");
}
else {
_root.target_mc.hitText.text = "Go to a building";
trace("NO HIT");
}
}
Another odd thing is that I could get hittest to work if left out the shape flag, after I started adding that in, I couldn't get it to work once loaded into the "target_mc"
Any help or ideas - THANKS!
MovieClip.hitTest(target)
I have movieclips named: target0, target1, target2, target3...
and a movieclip named: ball
i would like to test if the ball hits one of the targets.
How can i do this without having to right:
Code:
if(ball.hitTest(target0)){
... //this code is the same for every target
}
if(ball.hitTest(target1)){
...
}
...
I tried:
Code:
amount = 10;
for(i = 0; i < amount; i++){
if(ball.hitTest("target"+i))
setProperty("target"+i, _visible, false);
...
}
the ' "target"+i ' works fine with setProperty but not with hitTest
does anybody know why ?
HitTest Not Working With Embedded Target? Help?
Heya!
I'm trying to make my first game - but having a little trouble with the hitTest.
I can trace a collision by merely putting my target on the stage and dropping my 'weight' on it (Loony Tunes Style!)
But when I embed the target area within a moving object/host then I can't trace a collision.
Why oh why? It's working with one hitTest but not another -
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function squash(){
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}
[F8] HitTest - Need ShapeFlag 'true' For Caller, But Also For Target?
Ok, I have read (it feels like) every post on hitTests and still can't find what I need.
I am making a basic maze game where the ball follows your mouse (although lagging behind then catching up, not directly on top all the time), and if you hit the maze wall, it fades a little (- 25 alpha each time). When the alpha gets to 0, you die.
I can make the whole thing work, but can only get it to register the ball is hitting the wall when the centre co-ords of the ball are hitting the wall.
The hitTest is called from within the 'walls' movieclip, because I need the shapeflag to be true for 'walls', as the boundary box is the whole stage, so I only want it to work for the significant areas of 'walls'. However, I would love for it to test against the whole of the 'ball' movieclip, not just the centre _x and _y. Is there a way to do this?
It would just make the game play better - it looks rubbish if your ball can overlap the wall and not make you die!
I am a maths teacher, so not afraid of a little trig if it needs it
This is the code so far:
(It is on the 'walls' movieclip)
code: onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
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this._alpha -= 25;
}
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_root.gotoAndStop("gameover");
}
}
I would really appreciate any help anyone can offer - if it's impossible, then please tell me so I can stop torturing myself!!!!
Thanks
Mymovieclip._y , Can You Help Please ?
I am using Flash MX, here's my question.
I have one movieclip called "hope" and one botton called " stay "
both on the main page.
this is the action on botton.
on (release) {
i = "1";
b = "hope"+i;
trace(b);
trace(b._y);
trace(hope1._y);
}
can you tell me why my result are
1. trace(b) = hope1
2. trace(b._y) = undefined
3. trace(hope1._y) = 80
No. 1 and 3 are correct, My question is why number 2 is undefined ? why the result is not 80 since b = "hope1". anyone can help me ? where do i have to change to make trace(b._y) = 80 ?
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MyMovieClip.onRelease
hi
i used this loop to declare every movieclip in an array as a button:
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_root["myMovieClip" add i].onRelease = function () {
_root.theReleasefunction();
}
}
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what can i do????
please help
MyMovieClip.onEneterframe = Foo(arg);
why can't i send the onEnterframe event handler function params?
this works (calls it repeatedly):
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//
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this doesn't (calls it once):
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Code:
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I have been using this code for a while now and simply list all animated movie clips in a function like this...
ActionScript Code:
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The problem I am having now is I THINK when the movie clip isn't present at the beginning of the scene (Where the above code is) I get an "Access of undefined property" error. I dont know why I am getting this because I was hoping that if myMovieClip is null then it would ignore the rest of the if statement and go onto the next, but I could be wrong. Can anyone explain exactly what is going on here.
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MyMovieClip ._framesloaded
http://www.macromedia.com/support/fl...ionary522.html
Does anyone know a good tutorial to explain this? I'd like to use this over the depracted ifFrameLoaded....
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MyMovieClip ._framesloaded
http://www.macromedia.com/support/fl...ionary522.html
Does anyone know a good tutorial to explain this? I'd like to use this over the depracted ifFrameLoaded....
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MyMovieClip.onLoad = Function () {
Can someone tell me if this is meant to work in this way
drop_down.dropContent.onLoad = function() {
trace("anything");
}
like in flash 5 you had
onClipEvent (load) {
trace("anything");
}
Am I loosing my mind or this is not working in my MX
I have used the
drop_down.dropContent.onEnterFrame = function() {
trace("anything");
};
and this works.
MyMovieClip.onLoad = NOT WORKING
I have a movie clip on my stage called "displayMC", on the first frame I place the following
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displayMC.onLoad = function(){
this.nextLetter = 0;
trace("Next Letter is " add this.nextLetter);
};
I get NOTHING in the output window and when I try to use the value in an onEnterFrame it is undefined so the code continues to execute well after the desired effect has taken place.
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<font color = "red">EVEN MORE STRANGLY, </font>if I select the movie clip and attach the code in the old way
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array_userlist = _root.datavault.sv_userlist.split('<!>');
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Code:
bonusRound.onLoad = function()
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trace("onLoad called");
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this is in my action layer, yet isn't being called. my bonusRound.onEnterFrame calls just fine.....any suggestions?
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Hi Guys,
I have just developed a simple xml photo gallery. Below is the code that I have used to generate the gallery:
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cur_item = gallery.attachMovie("mainImage","spec"+i, i);
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getURL(javascript:openWindow("products/"+id+"/"+image[i]));
};
}
I am having difficulties to make each movie clip generated into a button that will call the javascript button:
Code:
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Please advise
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could somebody tell me wy this action suddenly fail :
Code:
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Instead I used setproperty(...,...,..)
and this works
I'm getting really mad !!!
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hah....
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this._y += grav;
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PHP Code:
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Target not found: Target="_level0.paddle" Base="?"
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I am getting this error when running the movie I'm working on. I have looked around, but cannot find a solution or direct cause on the web anywhere. Can anyone here help? Attached is the .fla.
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PS I'm using flash MX 2004 pro
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Target not found: Target="/Meny1" Base="_level0.menu_mc.Meny1"
I've attached the file, if it helps.
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