Arg...Frusterated(Dynamicly created MC's)

[joran420]

OK so I have a Whole tree (you know where birds like to build nests)

and I have this tree broken into 2 parts the Bottom(wich is gonna hitTest against the character) and the top(which is just a gfx that the player can walk right through(or under))

In the Clips Actions for the Bottom Part I have this

onClipEvent (load) {
function reset(){
this._x=random(550);
this._y=random(200)+100;
enemySpeed=random(4)+1;
}
reset();
}
That randomly Generates a a tree Bottom somewhere on screen as soon as a clip is created(and names them treeBottom1

then in the Actions for the TreeTop I have

onClipEvent (load) {
stringtoparse = String(this)
parsedstring = stringtoparse.split("treeTop")
thisindex = Number(parsedstring[1]);

this._x=_root["treeBottom"+thisindex]._x-42;
this._y=_root["treeBottom"+thisindex]._y-85;
trace("ThisIndex = "+thisindex+" X = "+this._x+" Y = "+this._y)

}
this gets the instance of the treetop being created and tells it to position its self on top of the tree bottom(that matches the instance)

In my control Layer I have this code to generate the trees

numTrees=10;
for (i=2; i<=numTrees; i++){
treeBottom1.duplicateMovieClip( "treeBottom"+i, i+100 );
treeTop1.duplicateMovieClip( "treeTop"+i, i+100 );
trace(i)
}

It Places The tree that is already on the stage(Instance :TreeTop1,TreeBottom1)Randomly perfectly but the second tree it cuts off the bottom corner and all the other 9 trees end up directly on top of the 2nd tree so instead of 10 trees it looks like there are 2 trees


WTF am i doing wrong...please help :)

[joran420]

bump(and a bit more info)

If i dont do the constructor section on the Treetop it will randomly generate all 10 bottoms and ...so i have a feeling it has to do with the treetop

[bombsledder]

this sounds like a job or actionscript 2.0 :O, oop im not sure exactly how you have this setup so maybe you could post a .fla and i will fix it for and explain in details since you have a clue what your doing i will help you if your like your choice

[joran420]

I owuld really like that ill attach the FLA as soon as i get home...its not much atm im just trying to mess around and learn AS by trial and error

edit. hmmm.its too big to attach...can i email it to you or somethign?

[joran420]

Bah i figured it out...the depth on the duplicate was the same in both top and bottom...didnt realize depths had to be unique