hitTest problems with nested clips

programming flash
1

i have 2 clips, player and enemy. each has another clip in it called hitbox

on the enemy clip’s hitbox clip i have:

this.onEnterFrame = function(){
if(this.hitTest(this._parent._parent.player.hitbox._x, this._parent._parent.player.hitbox._y,true)){
//do whatever
}
}

weird thing is, it won’t register a hit, but if i do a hitTest without the ‘x,y,true’, it detects a hit

2

is this what you are looking for?

3

uh, no

there are 2 clips that have hitbox clips inside of each other

the nested hitbox won’t register a hit if i try to use the hitTest(x,y,true) method, but does if i use hiTest(obj)

4

instead of using this._parent._parent. blah blah can’t you use the relative paths?

_root.clip.otherClip. what ever?

just a thought

5

i could, but that gives the same result