# MovieClip interaction - help please

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-interaction-help-please/59530>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 1, 2004, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-interaction-help-please/59530 "2004-08-01T19:29:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![ben\_is\_sparky](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/ben_is_sparky/32/664_2.png) [@ben\_is\_sparky](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ben_is_sparky)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-interaction-help-please/59530/1 "2004-08-01T19:29:57Z")

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Sorry, this is probably very easy but:

How can I make it so that when one movieclip touches or goes near (preferable) another, it will advance to the next frame of the movieclip.

This is probably easier to explain if I say what I’m trying to do.

Spaceship flies around (mc) when it his an asteroid (another mc), the asteroid explodes

Thanks, Ben

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-interaction-help-please/59530/2 "2004-08-01T21:10:27Z")

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[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=flash+mx+collision+hittest+tutorial](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=flash+mx+collision+hittest+tutorial)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2004, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-interaction-help-please/59530/3 "2004-08-01T23:06:56Z")

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> [@ben\_is\_sparky](#):
>
> Sorry, this is probably very easy but:
> 
> How can I make it so that when one movieclip touches or goes near (preferable) another, it will advance to the next frame of the movieclip.
> 
> This is probably easier to explain if I say what I’m trying to do.
> 
> Spaceship flies around (mc) when it his an asteroid (another mc), the asteroid explodes
> 
> Thanks, Ben

The best way is probably good ol’-fashioned **hittest** :

```auto

 // put this in the spaceship's code
 if (hitTest(_root.asteroid) == true) {
 	tellTarget (asteroid) {
 		  gotoAndPlay (first frame of explosion animation);
 	}
 }
 

```

The only thing to watch out for is to make sure you get the relative location of the objects right, i.e. \_root.asteroid, or whatever. Hope this helps.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 7:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-interaction-help-please/59530/4 "2004-08-02T07:37:37Z")

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I tried this code and it said id needed an onClipEvent thing. I looked around the tutorials and forums and put one in but it still doesn’t work.

Could it be because I have other code attatched to the spaceship (to control it)?

Here is my .fla

Thanks  
Ben

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 8:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-interaction-help-please/59530/5 "2004-08-02T08:21:18Z")

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Hi,  
I’ve made some little correction on the script and upload it again for you. You didn’t add quotes for the passing framelaber ie… gotoAndPlay (exploid);

Some other modificitons also made. check out  
Try try until you reach that is the Mantra. :battery:

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**Post date:** [August 2, 2004, 9:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/movieclip-interaction-help-please/59530/6 "2004-08-02T09:30:55Z")

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Thank you very much  
Thanks and Thank you again

I could go on all day but I won’t because i need to look at this