Changing the depth

[XLax]

I want three movie clips with variable Z in them to change depths according to their Z value.
IOW: the one with the highest z would go in front, lowest would go behind them.
How do I do this?

Alex -
Kawamoto fan

 

[kennethkawamoto]

I won't to tell you unless you change your signature.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[XLax]

Okay fine. It's done

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Alex

 

[kennethkawamoto]

To change the depth of MovieClips use "swapDepth()".

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[XLax]

What do I do..

onClipEvent(enterFrame){
swapDepth(Z);
}

(where Z is my depth variable)
Like that?

_____
Alex

 

[kennethkawamoto]

No, it's need to be in this format:

MovieClipA.swapDepth(MovieClipB)

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[XLax]

I tried that way and it seems to not work too well. The clips kept flashing. I suppose I could've make it set a variable right after the swap so that it doesn't swap back but I only thought of that after I tried this:

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
movieClip1.swapDepths(movieClip1.Z);
movieClip2.swapDepths(movieClip2.Z);
movieClip3.swapDepths(movieClip3.Z);
}

And it's working super well for me
For the record, I didn't write it.

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Alex

 

[kennethkawamoto]

It's my bad I forgot: swapDepth() takes either (1) target MovieClip, or (2) target depth as parameter.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[XLax]

As long as it's working now I'm happy as... a leprechaun? (i unno)

Finished script placed on the movie clip containing the clips that change in depth:

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
movieClip1.swapDepths(movieClip1.Z);
movieClip2.swapDepths(movieClip2.Z);
movieClip3.swapDepths(movieClip3.Z);
}



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Alex

 

[kennethkawamoto]

You can do like this as well (but "if it's not broke don't fix it" by all means!)

[tt]//
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
for (var i = 1; i<=3; i++) {
var mc = this["movieClip"+i];
if (mc.getDepth() != mc.z) {
mc.swapDepths(mc.z);
}
}
}
//[/tt]

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[XLax]

I actually considered writing that nearly exact same script. Unfortunately I realised that my movie clips were all differently named.
I'd have to make 'i' detect a variable in an array to be the name of the next clip to be tested and it would get too confusing and complicated lol

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Alex