Help on a FPS game

[Jovatov]

It's not really a FPS, just some shooter thingie actually.
Anyways, here it is:
Link

Just shoot the thing and it falls down.
I know how to make the score thing work and all that.
The problem is how do I use the duplicatemovieclip() thingie here?
I want it to be that there randomly spawns a plane,
I read the tutorial on AS Main, but I can't find out HOW to use it, like and especially in combination with a for loop.
How can I make a for loop that like when you click the plane_mc it duplicates another plane that comes from the left?
I know all the bits, like random and duplicatemovieclip and for loops, I know how they work, don't link to AS main cus it's not necessary, I just don't get how to mix them all together.

I hope you understand and are able to help me.

Thanks in advance.

[shazwoogle]

well have somthing like this

on(release){
_root.plane_mc.duplicateMovieClip("plane_m
c"+_root.planeCount, _root.planeCount)
_root["plane_mc"+_root.planeCount]._x = 0

_root.planeCount++
}

[shazwoogle]

also forgot to mention... add _root.planeCount = 0; on load somewhere

[Jovatov]

At 7/7/06 02:59 AM, shazwoogle wrote: well have somthing like this

on(release){
_root.plane_mc.duplicateMovieClip("plane_m
c"+_root.planeCount, _root.planeCount)
_root["plane_mc"+_root.planeCount]._x = 0

_root.planeCount++
}

OK...
But if I click that new plane, it wouldn't create a new plane, becuase now the name of that new plane is "plane_mc"+_root.planeCount and not just plane_mc so I think that doesn't work.

Or am I missing something? (Thanks though)

[Old-Style-Clock]

dynamic text and instances??

[Jovatov]

At 7/7/06 04:21 AM, Old_Style_Clock wrote: dynamic text and instances??

Dynamic text? How would I use that for duplicating MC's and stuff?

[GameSQUID]

At 7/7/06 02:59 AM, shazwoogle wrote: well have somthing like this

on(release){
_root.plane_mc.duplicateMovieClip("plane_m
c"+_root.planeCount, _root.planeCount)
_root["plane_mc"+_root.planeCount]._x = 0

_root.planeCount++
}

Nah, that's no good. If you add events using on and onClipEvent, you'll have events all over the place and it's not very maintainable. Add the events through code, preferably through the constructor of a class.

It amazes me how little people here on newgrounds now how to actually program.

If you want to randomly spawn movieclips, in your main loop you can use if (random(tresshold)<someValue) and then use attachMovie to add a new instance to your game, possibly with a counter that makes sure planes don't appear too fast. DuplicateMovieClip shouldn't be used for this, because if all your current instances are gone, you don't have anything to duplicate from.