Problem removing 1 of 8 generated collisions

[Marleyuk]

Hello, im a bit of a flash amature but im having ago at creating a small game, the graphics are pretty awful but it seems to work. The problem im having is I use the following

numEnemy=8; for (i=2; i<=numEnemy; i++){ enemy1.duplicateMovieClip( "enemy"+i, i+100 ); } score=0;

To duplicate the enemy 8 times, 7 of them can be shot and removed but 1 wont disappear. I think i may have to remove the original enemy but im not sure where. Can anyone help please.



Thanks,
Marls.

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[Marleyuk]

My health box text box is a movie clip with the instance name hpBar, currently it shows the value as blank. I need to make it so instead of the results being printed as a trace they are printed in the textbox.

 

[kennethkawamoto]

...
if (this.hitTest(tank_mc)) {
	hpAmount--;
	hpBar.yourTextFieldInstance.text = hpAmount;
}
...

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[Marleyuk]

var hpAmount = 100;
var numEnemy = 8;
for (i=1; i<=numEnemy; i++) {
    mcEnemy = this.attachMovie("enemy", "enemy"+i, 100+i);
    reset(mcEnemy);
    mcEnemy.onEnterFrame = moveEnemy;
}
function reset(mc:MovieClip):Void {
    mc._x = 300;
    mc._y = Math.floor((Math.random()*200+100));
    mc.enemySpeed = Math.floor(Math.random()*4+1);
}
function moveEnemy():Void {
    if (tank_mc.scrollStart) {
        this._x -= this.enemySpeed+mainGround.groundSpeed;
    } else {
        this._x -= this.enemySpeed;
    }
    if (this._x<-10) {
        reset(this);
    }
	
if (this.hitTest(tank_mc)) {
    hpAmount--;
    hpBar.yourTextFieldInstance.text = hpAmount;
        
    }
}

[code]

The Hp box remains blank. and so does the score actually.

 

[kennethkawamoto]

hpBar.yourTextFieldInstance.text

You need to change "yourTextFieldInstance" to actual TextField instance name!

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[Marleyuk]

//set health points
var hpAmount = 100;
//set amount of generated enemies
var numEnemy = 8;
for (i=1; i<=numEnemy; i++) {
    mcEnemy = this.attachMovie("enemy", "enemy"+i, 100+i);
    reset(mcEnemy);
    mcEnemy.onEnterFrame = moveEnemy;
}
function reset(mc:MovieClip):Void {
    mc._x = 300;
    mc._y = Math.floor((Math.random()*200+100));
    mc.enemySpeed = Math.floor(Math.random()*4+1);
}
function moveEnemy():Void {
    if (tank_mc.scrollStart) {
        this._x -= this.enemySpeed+mainGround.groundSpeed;
    } else {
        this._x -= this.enemySpeed;
    }
    if (this._x<-10) {
        reset(this);
    }

//health point hit test

if (this.hitTest(tank_mc)) {
    hpAmount--;
    hpBar.hpbar.text = hpAmount;
        
    }
}

hp bar is the text field instance name and still nothing appears.

 

[Marleyuk]

ah wait its giving me _level0.hpbar now.

 

[kennethkawamoto]

I thought your TextField is inside of a MovieClip. Try:

hpbar.text = hpAmount;

?


Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[Marleyuk]

Still the same results. Could i be something else ive messed up?

 

[kennethkawamoto]

Where is your TextField? Direct on Stage or nested in a MovieClip?

Basically you need this:

PathToTextFieldInstance.text = hpAmount;

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[Marleyuk]

Its direct on the stage, in my background scene.

 

[kennethkawamoto]

Delete that TextField, and create a new Dynamic Text. Name it "hpbar". You may want to add "hpbar.text = hpAmount;" at the beginning so that it shows "100" before being hit.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk