Re: FLASH: Need Help with Duplicate/SetPosition/Remove MC

[Robert Bleeker]

Hi Marc,


inside your ball MC:


frame 5 script:

Duplicate Movie Clip ("/drop1", "drop"&/:n, /:n)

Set Property ("/drop"&/:n, X Position) = (/rectangle/arrow:_x)+300


Robert



on 4/6/00 9:49 AM, Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media at

maildartfrogmedia [dot] com

 wrote:


> Here's what I'm trying to do:

> 

> An arrow moves back and forth across the screen. As it does, a ball falls

> from the x position of the arrow and fades away as it reaches the bottom of

> the screen. The falling, fading ball is a movie clip. I'm trying to use

> Duplicate Movie Clip and Set X Position to create many falling balls, each

> starting from wherever the arrow is positioned. So as each ball has fallen

> a short distance, it causes another ball to be duplicated. I use an

> incrementing variable to give each duplicate movie clip a unique instance

> name and level. I also use an action at the end of the falling-ball MC to

> remove itself so my movie isn't cluttered up with movie clips (don't know

> if this is important but it seemed like a good idea).

> 

> Please go to http://www.dartfrogmedia.com/drop_test/, where you can see

> where I've gotten to, what the problem is, and where you can download the

> source file. The problem is that after the first couple of balls fall, they

> start disappearing only a short way along their path. I've been wrestling

> with this for two days and cannot figure out how to do this correctly.

> 

> Any help, especially if soon (Saturday/Sunday???), would be most appreciated.

> 

> thanks.

> 

> 

> 

> Marc Hoffman



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