Duplicating a clip, then dragging

programming flash
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hello all,

ok i’ve been reading a few tutorials on duplicating clips, (and maybe i missed this ^_- )

but is there a way u can have a button that u click and it inserts a movie clip that you can then drag and drop about…

and then be able to press that button again, to make another copy of that same movie clip and be able to move them both about independently

hope that makes sense :look:

I think i’ve done this before but can’t remember how it was done, so if anyone could help it would be great

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[QUOTE=JinxBunny;2330975]hello all,

ok i’ve been reading a few tutorials on duplicating clips, (and maybe i missed this ^_- )

but is there a way u can have a button that u click and it inserts a movie clip that you can then drag and drop about…

and then be able to press that button again, to make another copy of that same movie clip and be able to move them both about independently

hope that makes sense :look:

I think i’ve done this before but can’t remember how it was done, so if anyone could help it would be great[/QUOTE]

Just had a thought, would it be possible to just have the clip there on the stage, then when you click it, it creates a copy (name+1) or whatever that can be dragged too (so the drag script can incorperate the instance name with any number after it as draggable?

i don’t know realy i’m confusing myself =p

any help please

3

ok ok, ( i know i’m talking to myself so far =p)

I made a sample movie of what i’m trying to do

http://jmkit.com/test/

so you can click and drag the snowball that’s already on the screen,

then you click the +1 button and another appears randomly ‘on the ground’ and you can click that one too

but that’s where it ends, if you click +1 again it just makes it dissapear, and another appear randomly.

the code for the snowball movie clip is:

onClipEvent (load) {
this._x = random(450);
this._y = 350;
}
on (press) {
startDrag ("");
}
on (release) {
stopDrag ();
}

and the code for the button is:

on (press) {
duplicateMovieClip (_root.circle, “circle” +i,i);
}

advice would be hugely appreciated

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i = 10;
function drag() {
	trace("hit");
	this.startDrag();
}
function dragEnd() {
	this.stopDrag();
	trace("stopDrag");
}
my_mc.onPress = function() {
	var t = attachMovie("mc", "mc"+i++, i);
	t._x = my_mc._x;
	t._y = my_mc._y;
	t.startDrag();
	t.onMouseUp = function() {
		trace("up");
		this.stopDrag();
		delete t.onMouseUp;
	};
	t.onPress = drag;
	t.onRelease = onReleaseOutside=dragEnd;
};
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thanks, but where does it go ^_-

I’d be happy if i could just have the button make more than one copy

6

Normally I would try something myself just to make sure, but I do not have the time at the moment.

But what I think he/she is suggesting you do with this code is this:

Create the movie clip symbol that you want to appear when the button is pressed. Staying with this code example, name the symbol mc. In your library right click on the symbol to bring up the menu that includes linkage. In the linkage dialogue box select export to first frame. This will give it the same mc name. (Thus the attachMovie part of the code will work.) Close the linkage box.

On the stage of your main timeline there should be nothing. (The movie clip mc you just created should only exist in the library.)

On the stage draw some sort of a symbol that will be your button. Convert it to a movie clip symbol (not a button symbol…even though it will be used as a button).

With your new button movie clip selected, in the Property Inspector assign it the instance name of my_mc (to tie in with this code).

Create a new layer in your main timeline and label it actions.

Copy and paste this person’s code into the actions panel of the first frame of this new actions layer.

Like I said, I have not actually tried this. But I suspect this might work.

(Because of all the trace functions included your output panel will open when you run the movie. To make this not happen either delete the trace parts of the code or comment them out.)

[QUOTE=neilmmm;2331102]

i = 10;
function drag() {
	trace("hit");
	this.startDrag();
}
function dragEnd() {
	this.stopDrag();
	trace("stopDrag");
}
my_mc.onPress = function() {
	var t = attachMovie("mc", "mc"+i++, i);
	t._x = my_mc._x;
	t._y = my_mc._y;
	t.startDrag();
	t.onMouseUp = function() {
		trace("up");
		this.stopDrag();
		delete t.onMouseUp;
	};
	t.onPress = drag;
	t.onRelease = onReleaseOutside=dragEnd;
};

[/QUOTE]

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=D with a little tweaking this is perfect for what i have in mind!

thank you to both of you, for the code and the easy to follow tut :slight_smile:

8

yw

if you are still struggling I have included fla

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[QUOTE=neilmmm;2331379]yw

if you are still struggling I have included fla[/QUOTE]

thanks, yep that’s just how it worked for me,

I adapted it so the movie clips would appear (with a short animation) at a random spot along a line, in this case different size snowballs here: http://jmkit.com/test/snowman.html - still work in progress

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yw