HUD Question

[daytonj]

What my problem is I have a score but I need it to follow the player so it has to be a separate movie clip
but won't affect anything outside of the movie clip (or vice versa) is there anyway to fix this?

[daytonj]

BUMP

[Johnny]

We need a more detailed explanation. Draw us a diagram of what you're looking to do, and post your current code.

[daytonj]

Can code inside a movie clip affect things outside of it

I have a variable and when you touch the object the variable goes up by whatever this works but when I convert the Dynamic Text Box into a movie clip so a code can be applied to it that makes it's x the players x the code that increases the number or says what the number is doesn't work

"Coin Code"

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (this.hitTest(_root.player)) {
	_root.score += 1;
unloadMovie(this)
}
}

[A-star]

Make your game's vcam visible, and place the HUD items on that. Just make the square's alpha 0.

[daytonj]

At 12/12/09 01:50 PM, A-star wrote: Make your game's vcam visible, and place the HUD items on that. Just make the square's alpha 0.

I did that first off but it's not that its that as soon as the Text box is in a mc it no longer works

[andy70707]

well give the mc an instance name and use _root.movieclipinstancename.textbox

[daytonj]

Can you elaborate on what I'm supposed to do with this I have a intermediate knowledge of action script
(probably can't tell from my terrible example "Lone Inavader") but I'm not sure exactly what to do with this.

[Johnny]

I think your entire problem is scope, and how movieclips communicate with one another.

A movieClip needs an "address" of the movieClip it needs to talk too, and can only do so one step at a time.

For example, if you have 2x movieClip on the main stage (mc1 and mc2) mc1 could communicate with mc2 through the stage like this:

mc1_.x = _root.mc2_.x; //_root is 1 step away from each.

If you had a 3rd mc (mc3 INSIDE mc2) you could access that from mc1 like this;

mc1._x = _root.mc2.mc3._x;

or from the _root by doing;

variableOnRoot = mc2.mc3._x;

[the1manwiththeplan]

I think its pretty much explained but simply this is the way I do it

-If the text box had the var of score and you want it to say 5

_root.score=5;

-If you stuck the text box inside a movie clip with the instance name of "scoreMC"

_root.scoreMC.score=5;

If you want the score to follow the character round the stage say your characters instance name is "hero" put this AS on your scoreMC

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
	if (_root.hero._x>_x) {
		_x += 1;
	}
	if (_root.hero._x<_x) {
		_x -= 1;
	}
	if (_root.hero._y>_y) {
		_y += 1;
	}
	if (_root.hero._y<_y) {
		_y -= 1;
	}
}

[daytonj]

_root.scoreMC.score=5;

thanks this was what i was looking for something that would control the DTB inside th MC thanks much

[daytonj]

Yup 100% functional thanks much too bad it took almost 2 days!