[CS3] AS/2 Naming dynamic movieClips Individually

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for(var i=0;i<10;i++){
    var skeet:MovieClip = attachMovie("skeet", "skeet" + i, i);
    //position randomly
    skeet._x = Math.random()*500+20;
    skeet._y = Math.random()*360+20;
    //how much he can eat
    skeet.capacity = 10;
    //how fast he is (higher number = slower movement)
    skeet.speed = 10;
    // start with an empty stomach
    skeet.ate = 0;
    skeet.onEnterFrame = eat;
}

Hi i have a for loop that creates 10 of my skeet movieclips at random positions on the stage.

I then have a hitTest that traces a 1, to the output window if the skeet movieClip hits my food movieclip. My variables are then sent thru my server.

However i need to know which skeet out of the ten is hitting the food at that given time.
So that when skeet 1 hits food it sends variable 1 and traces a 1, the same for 2 and so on.

So basically i need to know how to name dynamic movie clips individually, or give them a variable name that they trigger upon creation. Thanks for any advice in advance.

 

if (this.hitTest(skeet)) {
        trace(["1"]);
        max.send("; var1 1;");
        max.send("; var2 1;");
        max.send("; var3 1;");
        max.send("; var4 1;");
        max.send("; var5 1;");
        max.send("; var6 1;");
        max.send("; var7 1;");
        max.send("; var8 1;");
        max.send("; var9 1;");
        max.send("; var10 1;");
   } else {
        max.send("; var1 0;");
        max.send("; var2 0;");
        max.send("; var3 0;");
        max.send("; var4 0;");
        max.send("; var5 0;");
        max.send("; var6 0;");
        max.send("; var7 0;");
        max.send("; var8 0;");
        max.send("; var9 1;");
        max.send("; var10 0;");
     }
  };
2

easy way is dynamically create them, the read a variable into or use the items name, to get the variable, which will hence tell you on hittest which ID it is

for (i=0;i<5;i++){
attachMovie(“the” “the”+ i, i+1)
[“the”+i].id = i

}

the above is not real code :stuck_out_tongue:

3

Works with my swf? How is it not real? I have not given the whole script just a snippet. I can upload the full .fla if that helps?

4

Hey man not sure i undertsand your response, im quite new too all this, so you think naming them dynamically is way to go?

5

where is your hitTest() code at… is that in the function eat?

6

naming dynamically is the standard.

“but”+ i … creates a UID or “unique identifier”

you can either give its and .id = i property

or strip the number from the name with

input = String(this)
subString()
subString()
adjust code
find number

… search my posts I gave a more informed answer not that long ago to someone else

…

from the looks of it you already have called them

“skeet” + i

so you would have

this[“skeet”+i].onRollOver = function(){
get ID of this item
run code using this ID

}

I’m unsure about hittest, but your question was how do I figure out UID and the above is it :stuck_out_tongue: