combine two movie clips using AS?

[nickelwise]

I'm trying to make an army vs army type game, but the way of battle I came up with is a little to complex for me to code at my current stage of Flash knowledge. So I have two questions for everyone:
Is it possible to combine two Movie Clips using ActionScript and have them keep their respective X, Y coordinates?
and:
Can you horizontally flip a Movie Clip in ActionScript.
Help is appreciated.

[Johnny]

At 7/16/06 07:10 PM, nickelwise wrote:

Is it possible to combine two Movie Clips using ActionScript and have them keep their respective X, Y coordinates?

How can you combine something, but have it stay in the same place? You mean, follow one other? Clarify this one.

Can you horizontally flip a Movie Clip in ActionScript.

this._x *=-1

[nickelwise]

thanks,
I mean like have two movie clips be combined, but not both be automatically centered, so they stay where they were until they get moved.

[nickelwise]

or heres another alternative to that:
im trying to make it so when you click somewhere on the one side of the screen, it creates a splatter on the opposite side of the screen. so lets say the screen is 550 pixels wide, and I have a line running down the middle at 275. Im trying to make it so that when you click, let's say on the right side somehwere, it creates a splatter on the x opposite of the screen. So if i placed my click at X:276, right next to the middle, the splatter would appear at x:274, the mirror area.

So one way i could do it would be combining the middle line and the splatter on whatever side i clicked, horizontally flipping it, and centering the middle line.

Or so I think. I hope I didn't confuse anyone TOO much.

[dragonjet]

alright i really didnt understand it even with your last explanation.
but with what i know, here's what you need to do... or add to the frame script....

setInterval(function(){ Movieclip1._x=Movieclip2._x; Movieclip1._y=Movieclip2._y; },1);

just change the movieclip names...
if youre using lines as your movie clip, thats another code....

linemovieclip.moveto(movieclip2._x,moviecl
ip2._y);

did i help? i know some more things but... try these ones first...

[nickelwise]

thanks, im experimenting with that now, i'll utell you if it works or not.

[DingoEatingFuzz]

At 7/16/06 07:22 PM, Johnny_Krysys wrote:

Can you horizontally flip a Movie Clip in ActionScript.

this._x *=-1

shouldn't it be this._xscale *= -1?

[dragonjet]

OH WAIT! Now I Understand!
I was wrong i know your problem....
i know the solution too... here... wait... oh...

onMouseDown=function(){
if(_xmouse>275){
x1=_xmouse; y1=_ymouse;
mc._x=550-x1;
mc._y=y1;
}}

mc is your "splatter" Movie Clip...

NOTE:
the 550 is your flash width...
works even if your attack screen is left or right, just change the > or < in the if statement... if(_xmouse > 275){

[nickelwise]

okay, i finally got it.
---
on (press) {
xmouse = _root._xmouse;
middle = 275;
smallnum = xmouse - middle;
difference = middle - smallnum;
_root.my_mc._x = difference;
}
---
was the code that finally ended up working, not that it could help anyone at all. i'll post the link to the final game here in a few hours probably, if anyone cares.

[dragonjet]

oh... i got classes later on so i cant see... but next time ill find it...
hope it works well... good luck on the flash...

[Johnny]

At 7/16/06 08:39 PM, nickelwise wrote: okay, i finally got it.
---
on (press) {
xmouse = _root._xmouse;
middle = 275;
smallnum = xmouse - middle;
difference = middle - smallnum;
_root.my_mc._x = difference;
}

You can simplify that by adding things together too, like an algebra equation.

on(press){
middle = 275;
_root.my_mc._x = (middle - (_root._xmouse - middle));
}

or even better, because you don't have to define the width of the stage...

on(press){
_root.my_mc._x = (Stage.width/2 - (_root._xmouse - Stage.width/2));
}