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| Subject: | Re: FLASH: need actionscript help: variable not registering in if conditional(?) |
| From: | Marcelo Siqueira |
| Date: | Mon, 17 Jul 2000 17:37:37 +0100 |
Use Eval("../:drag_left_hand1_score")=1
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----- Original Message -----
From: "a p r i l b i n g h a m" <april
pulsefx [dot] com>To: "flash" <flasher
shocker [dot] com>Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 10:42 AM
Subject: FLASH: need actionscript help: variable not registering in if
conditional(?)
> 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 :)
> --
>
> a p r i l b i n g h a m
> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
>
> april
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>
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