# hitTest problems with nested clips
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hittest-problems-with-nested-clips/19291
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [April 26, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hittest-problems-with-nested-clips/19291 "2003-04-26T03:56:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@jinky0422](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jinky0422)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hittest-problems-with-nested-clips/19291/1 "2003-04-26T03:56:03Z")
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
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hittest-problems-with-nested-clips/19291/2 "2003-04-26T16:28:33Z")
is this what you are looking for?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2003, 6:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hittest-problems-with-nested-clips/19291/3 "2003-04-27T06:41:44Z")
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)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2003, 6:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hittest-problems-with-nested-clips/19291/4 "2003-04-27T06:44:48Z")
instead of using this.\_parent.\_parent. blah blah can’t you use the relative paths?
\_root.clip.otherClip. what ever?
just a thought
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hittest-problems-with-nested-clips/19291/5 "2003-04-28T02:41:42Z")
i could, but that gives the same result