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Started 4 years ago by Nyubis
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Nyubis
Nyubis of Strata
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I'm making a little script that's supposed to make a bunch of stars go in a spiral but it won't work.
The duplicate code is like this:
if(i!=200){ mid.attachMovie("star","star"+i,i); i++ }

the "mid" is an mc that's in the middle
the "star" is an mc that contains another star (with a "go up" script) and the code that the rotation of this star is _root.i
The problem is that all stars are rotated at the same time, not the one spawned at the moment.

So I was wondering, can you give duplicates individual properties?

.fla file: http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/140209/70607_StarSpiral.fla

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Posted 4 years ago #
VideoGuy
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I took a look at your FLA, and I think I found the problem:

You want this

onClipEvent(enterFrame){
this._rotation+=_root.i*1;
}

on your UberStar instead of this

onClipEvent(enterFrame){
this._rotation=_root.i*5
}

The effect is a bit crazy, but it looks really cool.

Try that and see if it solves your problem.

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Nyubis
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No, it's supposed to be a spiral, not a line-ish thing.

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Posted 4 years ago #
VideoGuy
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I know, when I changed that code it got rid of the line effect, and was doing the spiral. It worked on the FLA above.

What happened was that they were all being set to the same rotation (in this case, i), instead of having their own rotation in addition to i.

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Posted 4 years ago #
Thefox
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You're forgetting about the init part of that function!
this.attachMovie("circle", "circle2_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:100, _y:100});
see the {_x:100, _y:100} part? thats the init(initialization) part of attachMovie. You can put individual properties in there

Posted 4 years ago #
Nyubis
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I know, when I changed that code it got rid of the line effect, and was doing the spiral. It worked on the FLA above.
What happened was that they were all being set to the same rotation (in this case, i), instead of having their own rotation in addition to i.

Oh sorry, I didn't notice that you added a + before the =
Well, thanks a lot, that solves it

You're forgetting about the init part of that function!
this.attachMovie("circle", "circle2_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:100, _y:100});
see the {_x:100, _y:100} part? thats the init(initialization) part of attachMovie. You can put individual properties in there

Wow, I didn't know abiut that. Thanx for the great help!

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Posted 4 years ago #
Thefox
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Glad to help

Posted 4 years ago #
VideoGuy
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I actually have a question related to this...

I probably just made some stupid mistake with my attachMovie, but for some reason, when I use this code within a function, it removes the previous MC and replaces it with a new one I create.
function create_clip(xin,yin) { numclips++; var newClip:MovieClip = _root.lev.createEmptyMovieClip( 'chunk', 0); newClip._y = yin*50; newClip._x = xin*50; var container:MovieClip = newClip.attachMovie ( 'source', 'chunk'+numClips, 0); }
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Posted 4 years ago #
kstyle
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The problem (I think) is that you are creating all mcs at the same depth (0). Set the last parameter to different values, like numclips.

attachMovie('source, 'chunk' + numclips, numClips)

Posted 4 years ago #
VideoGuy
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Yup, that did it. Thanks. I didn't realize every new MC had to be on its own depth, but I guess that would make sense.

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Posted 4 years ago #
Nyubis
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Finished: [link]

Any ideas for new shapes?

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Posted 4 years ago #
WJUK
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Haha awesome!

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Posted 4 years ago #
Nyubis
Nyubis of Strata
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Thanks!
I'm still trying to figure out a way to reduce the lag with the cyclone shape.

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Posted 4 years ago #
Nyubis
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Why are so simple things so hard to do at times? I'm quite sure someone in here will get me a really simple script to leave me facepalming over my own stupidity.

Anyway, I was updating the old file to add some new stuff.
Then I wanted to have the clones that go out of screen removed, to save some of the precious RAM. And I just can't do it!!

if(this._x>410 or this._x<-10 or this._y>410 or this._y<-10){ removeMovieClip(this) }
I put that script on the single frame of the Ã¼berstar mc. What am I doing wrong?

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Posted 4 years ago #
VideoGuy
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removeMovieClip(this)? You mean this.removeMovieClip()

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Posted 4 years ago #
Nyubis
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Naye, the target has to be between the () (according to the help function).
And doing it your way doesn't fix it...

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Posted 4 years ago #
Nyubis
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I'm afraid I'll have to learn using classes for this one...

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Posted 4 years ago #
Niall
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Hmm, it should work with how you're doing it but as long as the movieclip you want to remove is attached to the stage manually, not through a script it won't remove itself completely with this.removeMovieClip() (or removeMovieClip(this), they're the same thing). If it's on the stage it'll be on a level depth with the stage, meaning that it can't really be removed because you don't have complete control of it. You'll need to change its depth using something like this:

swapDepths(_root.getNextHighestDepth);
removeMovieClip(this);

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