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Subject: Re: FLASH: URGENT: Still working on collision
From: Scott Rouse
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 20:00:53 GMT

Instances....Symbols do not exist on the stage and don't have x,y
coordinates (or boundry coordinates).
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Gleissner" <Ggleissneratalanet [dot] org>
To: <flasheratchinwag [dot] com>
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 1:17 PM
Subject: RE: FLASH: URGENT: Still working on collision


> Do I need to code the collision script around the instances or the
symbols?
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gregg Caines [gcatneometrixsystems [dot] com (mailto:gcatneometrixsystems [dot] com)]
> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 10:10 AM
> To: flasheratchinwag [dot] com
> Subject: Re: FLASH: URGENT: Still working on collision
>
>
> Ahh...Flash 5....well scrap everything I said then.
> That 'hittest' method sounds like it might make
> things a bit easier.
>
> I'll be coming out of the cave one of these days...
>
> ;)
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> Gregg Caines
> n e o m e t r i x systems inc.
> http://www.neometrixsystems.com
> gcainesatneometrixsystems [dot] com
>
>
> > Howdy,
> > I'm still trying to make this collision thing happen. I am working in
> Flash
> > 5 and using the HitTest
> > method. However, I am confused on how to reference my objects.
> >
> > Here's the basic setup:
> > Two boats travel across the screen in the background. Standing on the
> dock
> > the player has to throw
> > crabs into the back of the boats(using a square for the hit area).
> >
> > The crabs are set up like this:
> > Crab: instance name crab(movie clip:onstage)
> > >Crab (motion clip:library)
> >
> > Then there are two instances of the boat movie clip: leftboat and
> rightboat
> > (these move via ActionScript)
> > Leftboat (instance)
> > >Boat (movieclip)
> > >Boattarget(movie clip on boat timeline/instance name: tbox)
> >
> > So basically, do I refernce the instances or the symbols themselves? And
> > where do I put the code;
> > in the main timeline, the symbols, or the instances?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > George Gleissner
> > Web Production Specialist
> > Association of Legal Administrators
> > 847.247.5572
> > ggleissneratalanet [dot] org
>
>
>
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