disabling enemies

[Myctapeiro]

i need help disabling my enemies after a certain score is reached. I want my enemies to disappear after i reach a score of 10000. i tried the removeMovieClip method and it's not working. I'm not sure what else i could do.

[SeiferTim]

attachMovie() all your enemies into one clip, and then remove that clip.

something like:


_root.attachMovie("blank","enemies",depth);
_root.enemies.attachMovie("enemy","enemy1",depth);
_root.enemies.attachMovie("enemy","enemy2",depth);
_root.enemies.attachMovie("enemy","enemy3",depth);
//and then later
_root.enemies.removeMovieClip();


Note: this works if you have 2 MovieClips: one called "enemy", and one called "blank" - which would be a completely blank MC - and they are both set to "Export for AS" under "Linkage".

[Myctapeiro]

will this work if all my enemies are a single duplicated movie clip that plays over and over again??

[SeiferTim]

Try it in a new movie.
Make 2 movieclips, enemy, and blank
then make a button that "kills" them all
It should work, but it really depends on your code.

[bbwd]

A simpler way would be to set a 'death' variable - when death is 1 then enemies die! So:

Invisible MC on the stage (or a MC that sets variables - or you could set them in frame 1)


onClipEvent(load){
_root.deathfromabove = 0;
}


Then you have some other MC which sets _root.deathfromabove to 1 when you hit 1000 score.

Then in your enemy MCs:


onClipEvent(enterFrame){
if (_root.deathfromabove == 1){
this.removeMovieClip();
}
}

[Myctapeiro]

seifertim, where would i put that code, on the timeline somewhere or on the enemy itself??

[SeiferTim]

Um... if you make a button, it would be in the main timeline... bbwd's method will also work, though - and would probably be better for your code.

[Myctapeiro]

bbwd, would "some other MC" be another invisible MC or does it really matter, can it be any other MC that is on the stage or what??

[SeiferTim]

It could go in any MC. Probably in whatever MC sets your score, but yes, an Invisible one would work.