Re: FLASH: Actionscript problem

[John Croteau]

Hi Karin,


> I am trying to finish a target shooting game but cannot solve a

> scoring problem.  I have a round target centered in a larger

> rectangular target.  I want to give a higher score if the hit is in

> the circle and a lower score if outside the circle.  I thought I was

> going to be really clever and use a circular movie clip then use

> GetProperty of  _target similar to using a _droptarget.  Except that

> it isn't working.  I get the high score if I use and = sign and the

> low score if I use eq, no matter where the hit is.


> I have tried setting a variable but get more or less the same result.

> I've also tried using _name.  Any ideas??

Both _target and _name return properties of a movie clip and if external

to that movie clip they prvide no information that you don't already

know since you would need that information to target the information.


Their normal use is for programming shortcuts so you don't have to make

special variable and change them for multiple copies of a symbol.


In the same manor when you have a drag and drop situation where you have

objects you could be moving the name of the current drag item can be

revealed. The target it is dropped on is stored in _droptarget.


> This almost works, but I get only the high score (replacing the = with

> eq results in the low score):

> If (GetProperty ("/result/hit",_target) = "/result/circle")

>    Set Variable: "ascore" = 10 - (shots -1)

> Else

>    Set Variable: "ascore" = 7 - (shots -1)

>   End If

> End If

By what mechanism will the name of /result/hit change so it will become

/result/circle?

Why can't you use the _droptarget property?

I'm not sure how your score is being activated, I think what you

probably need is an innovative use of _droptarget.


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