FLASH: need actionscript help: variable not registering in if conditional(?)

[a p r i l b i n g h a m]

i'm having a problem with (seemingly) not being able to read variables in my

actionscript. here's the situation:


i'm trying to do a game where you drag different arms and legs onto a

character who is supposed to have certiain characteristics, and, depending

on whether the arm or leg is the correct one (according to the

characteristic associated with that arm or leg), it will stay in place, or

it will rubberband back to its original location.


i have a movie clip placed on the main timeline called artistic_movie (all

the action happens inside here). all my variables are read in from an

external file at the main timeline of artistic_movie. inside this movie,

there are 12 movie clips, 3 instances each of 4 separate movie clips (2

arms, 2 legs). each of these movie clips consists of a button that is the

hand or arm.  the following actionscript is associated with each of the

hand/arm button instances (the variables and _x/_y values change, obviously,

but otherwise, i use this script in all the instances).


************************************

On (Press)

      If ((_x = 100) and (_y=225))

            Stop Drag

      Else

            Start Drag ("../drag_left_hand1", L=0, T=0, R=500, B=500,

lockcenter)

      End If

End On

On (Release)

      If ((((_x >= 80) and (_x < 120)) and ((_y >= 205) and (_y < 245))) and

(../:drag_left_hand1_score = 1))

            Stop Drag

            Set Property ("../drag_left_hand1", X Position) = "100"

            Set Property ("../drag_left_hand1", Y Position) = "225"

            Set Property ("../drag_left_hand1", X Scale) = "100"

            Set Property ("../drag_left_hand1", Y Scale) = "100"

      Else

            Set Property ("../drag_left_hand1", X Position) = "400"

            Set Property ("../drag_left_hand1", Y Position) = "20"

            Stop Drag

      End If

End On

************************************


my problem is that the "score" variable in the if conditional of on(release)

doesn't seem to register. that is, i can't ever get the movie to recognize

that the arm/leg is correct, so it always rubberbands back to the original

location. i've tried to run trace to see if i'm actually referencing the

variable correctly from this location, and it shows the correct value.

however, i just can't do it in the actual conditional.


i'm new to actionscript, so maybe someone will see something i don't. am i

doing something wrong? referencing something incorrectly? using the if()

conditional incorrectly. any help is greatly appreciated! my (very

unfinished) working file can be found at


http://www.pulsefx.com/april/game.zip


if you need to see the work-in-progress.


thanks in advance!


april :)

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