Arg, stupid onClipEvents!

1

I have duplicated a movieclip many times.

How do I seperate the onClipEvents for each one… right now when I click on one, all of them respond. How do I seperate it?

AGH!!!

2

use an if check in the events

onClipEvent(enterFrame){
if (this._name = “origClip”){
// do the stuff
}
}

just make sure not to name the duplicated clips the same name as the original (“origClip” in this example)

3

Unfortunately, I don’t know exactly which one I’m looking for. Here’s my predicament:

I have a whole bunch of duplicated clips randomly lying on the stage. When one is clicked, I wanna destroy it.

How would I go about that?

I would upload the .fla, but it’s on the other computer…

4

on(release){
for(obj in _root){
if(_root[obj].hitTest(_xmouse,_ymouse,true){
_root[obj].deleteMovieClip();
}
}
}

This method doesn’t need any buttons associated. It uses a hitTest against the object’s outline, vrs the mouse locations.

There might be some tweeking that will need to be done, but a for…in loop is the way to go when you don’t know what exactly you’re looking for.

5

Shoot, the code looks like it’s supposed to work, but it’s not figuring out which one to destroy. It senses the release event, but the loop isn’t working, methinks. There was a parenthesis missing that I added and there apparently isn’t a deleteMovieClip so I replaced it with removeMovieClip, but it’s not even going into the if execution at all…

Wait, where am I supposed to put this code?

6

Okay, I figure it out… I needed to add _root. to the _xmouse and _ymouse properties:


on(press) {
	for(obj in _root){
		if( _root[obj].hitTest(_root._xmouse,_root._ymouse,true) ) {
			_root[obj].removeMovieClip();
		}
	}
}

Thanks all!