hitTest of a circle,

[nathan99]

hey guys,
i hav made me a circle and then made it an mc. But when i make it an MCand click a square appears around it. So when i play the game it doesnt do a precise hitTest, instead it hits around the circle, where the square appears when i click it in the editor...
how do i stop it from hitTesting the square around my circle, and instead when it actually hits the CIRCLE?

[kode]

These tutorials might help:
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/advanced_collision.htm
http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/calculating_distance2.htm

If you want my opinion, I'd use the second one (calculating the distance between the objects).

[nathan99]

ok, i looked at them, but i dont no how to insert it into this
http://www.freewebs.com/nathan990/mmmmm.fla

i have stripped it down.
what i want is for them to stop when the mask of the main character hits the object named "edger" which is inside the bg1 object.........

[Skribble]

you need to use shapeflag to hitTest absolute edges


if(hero.hitTest(_root.circle._x,_root.circle._y,tr ue){

blee blee

}

using the circles _x and _y coordinates will give you precise hitTesting.

[nathan99]

didnt work:puzzle: can u look at the fla for me

[nathan99]

is this a common problem for people, or if u no how to fix it can u look at my fla?