Variables not incrementing or displaying properly

[frozenpeas]

I'm really pulling my hair out with this one.

	if (hitTest("_root.player.hit")) {
		_root.pointsSave+=5;
		trace(_root.pointsSave);
		this.removeMovieClip();
    }

This should at least trace 5,10,15,20,25,30....

But it outputs 5,5,5,5,5,5,5....

Any idea as to why?

frozenpeas

 

[frozenpeas]

Another thing I tried is

_root.pointsSave++;

and it outputs 1,1,1,1,1,1... never incrementing the variable.

frozenpeas

 

[oldnewbie]

I can't really replicate your hitTest bit...
But this works for me...

this.onEnterFrame = function(){
_root.pointsSave+=5;
trace(_root.pointsSave);
}

What happens if you remove your removeClip bit?

if (hitTest("_root.player.hit&quot) {
_root.pointsSave+=5;
trace(_root.pointsSave);
//this.removeMovieClip();
}

 

[frozenpeas]

^ commenting out that line doesn't fix it.

frozenpeas

 

[pixl8r]

Did you set your initial value for pointsSave?

if (_root.pointsSave == null){
_root.pointsSave = 0;
}

if (hitTest("_root.player.hit&quot) {
_root.pointsSave+=5;
trace(_root.pointsSave);
this.removeMovieClip();
}


Wow JT that almost looked like you knew what you were doing!

 

[pixl8r]

also notice that _root.player.hit is in quotes.

Shouldn't it be:

if (hitTest(_root.player.hit)){
_root.pointsSave+=5;
trace(_root.pointsSave);
this.removeMovieClip();
}

???

Wow JT that almost looked like you knew what you were doing!

 

[frozenpeas]

pixl8r,

_root.player.hit needs to be in quotes. If the hitTest didn't work, the trace wouldn't be called at all.

And pointsSave has been declared as a variable elsewhere, but it actually doesn't matter because it would be declared as I add 5 to it anyway.

Thanks for the feedback.

frozenpeas

 

[frozenpeas]

Fixed.

I had made an error that was causing the variable to be reset to zero earlier in the script.

Thanks for your help, folks. Have a good day.

frozenpeas