movieclip hitTests on particular layers of a movieclip?

[Commadorecrunch]

Is this possible? I'm working on a game project for school and I'd like to cut down the amount of library items I'm going to have to make for each level (I have a clip for unwalkable areas, places where shots can impact and so on.) Is there a way I can just draw one movieclip per level and cut up its parts into different layers, then call hittests on just specific layers instead of the whole movieclip?

Many thanks,
Al

[ilike2]

You can try using nested movie clips which are movie clips inside movie clips. For each level you can have different movie clips nested within each other.

Will this work for you?

[Zelthor]

Take a look at this tutorial:
http://www.wastedpotential.com/?p=10

I think this is pretty much what you're looking for!

[Commadorecrunch]

Originally Posted by ilike2

You can try using nested movie clips which are movie clips inside movie clips. For each level you can have different movie clips nested within each other.

Will this work for you?

Well this is what I'm doing now, but to do this I need multiple clips in my library for each level and I'm not a fan of that... I would prefer the ability to layout my entire level in one movieclip, and then slice it apart into the specific sections which I want to have different properties.

This is what I think what I'm asking would look like in code (I haven't found it anywhere thus far) :

if (Engine.Environment.layer2.hitTestPoint(bullet.x, bullet.y)) {
removeSelf();
}