# Movieclip in movieclip as hitbox referencing...HELP please

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-in-movieclip-as-hitbox-referencing-help-please/329856>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 25, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-in-movieclip-as-hitbox-referencing-help-please/329856 "2012-10-25T14:17:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![FJW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee59a6/32.png) [@FJW](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/FJW)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-in-movieclip-as-hitbox-referencing-help-please/329856/1 "2012-10-25T14:17:04Z")

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if (objects\*.hitTestObject(ourShip))

```
   {
    trace(ourShip.x,ourShip.y) 
    } //The movieclip has a second layer called hitbox. Can I use this to test for hits as the current overall movieclip is too large? If so how do I go about making it work. Apologies for newbie post but just cannot find the answer that I can understand currently.regards FJW
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