FLASH: Play a duplicated MC... doesn't work.. HELP!!

[corstiaan Smorenburg]

Hi,

 

for a game I'm making, I have astroids floating through the screen.

I duplicate them and move them across the screen and so far it worked.

 

I had to change the code a little, I put a 'STOP' in the first frame of my 'astroid' MC so I could tell it to 'PLAY'

this is the duplication-code (which is played repeatedly):

 

      Set Variable: "newast" = "ast"&astnum
      Duplicate Movie Clip ("/astr", newast, astnum)
      Set Property ("/"&newast, X Position) = Random (245) +5
      Set Property ("/"&newast, Y Position) = "-50"
      Set Property ("/"&newast, Visibility) = "1"
      Begin Tell Target ("/"&newast)
            Play                                                                <-------   somehow this won't work...  ;(
      End Tell Target
      Set Variable: "time" = "0"
      Set Variable: "dist" = Random (30) +20
      Set Variable: "astnum" = astnum + 1

It does duplicate, it becomes visible, but somehow, it won't play...

what's wrong? I have a feeling it has to do something with the naming in the 'Tell Target' - line..

any clues? John perhaps?

 

The code I use to move the astroid is in the MC of the astroid (so it takes care of the movement itself):

 

FRAME 3:

Set Property ("", Y Position) = _y + 10
If (_y > 550)
      Remove Movie Clip ("")
End If
Go to and Play (2)

Thanx in advance.

 

Corstiaan Smorenburg aka     -=#TheMadC...#=-
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