RE: FLASH: Help! My game gun is shooting blanks...

[Paul Willoughby]

Couple of things about your code look a bit weird John, for starters...


> (inside the button itself there's an Up state, a Down state 

> with a gun sound

> attached, and no Over or Hit state)...


How do you mean no hit state? If there is no keyframe in the 'hit' frame the

hit state will be whatever was in the 'down' state frame. If you have a

blank keyframe in the 'hit' state the button will do nothing as it has no

hit area.


> On (Release)

>   If (GetProperty("",_droptarget) eq "/Duck MC instance name")

>     Begin Tell Target ("/Duck MC instance name")

>       Play

>     End Tell Target

>   End If

> End On


You can't evaluate the _droptarget property without having stopped a drag

first, normally like this:


On (Release)

Stop Drag

   If (GetProperty("",_droptarget) eq "/Duck MC instance name") etc etc.


Is that included in your code somewhere? Anyway, your method seems a little

over complex. Wouldn't it be better to put an invisible button on your duck

and then kill it if the user manages to press it. There's no need for

dragging and dropping targets for a simple shooter like this.


hth


paul


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