Understanding Class Vars

Everyone here has been so helpful! So thank you for all of your time!

Here’s my situation:

I have a Main.as class that adds a MovieClip to the stage. The MC is pretty much a dial that sets a number. Everything works perfectly there.

When you click on a button, it adds another dial (i.e. adds a new instance of that MC). I run into issues because the first dial ends up matching the second dial’s numbers.

I have public static vars inside the MC’s class that hold the tuned numbers from the dial. I was under the impression that MC1 would hold it’s own values separate from MC2. However, it seems like the public static var is updating on both MCs.

I’m new to using classes in AS3. Am I using public static vars incorrectly? Can someone give me a laymen’s answer? Adobe’s help files fly over my head :frowning:

Thanks so much! I really appreciate it!