Duplication behind movieclips? o.o

[jozojozojozo]

Okay, i'm making a game when you are shooting stuff, and when you shoot the bullet comes out, and smoke comes out aswell.. but the smoke is being duplicated behind everything else, i've made sure that the smoke is on a layer by its self at the top, so its infront of everything, please can someone tell me why this is happening? :(

var bc = 1000;
_root.onMouseDown = function() {
	bc++;
	if (bc>1100) {
		bc = 1000;
	}
	if (_root.fired == false) {
		duplicateMovieClip("smoke", "s"+sc, sc);
		duplicateMovieClip("bullet", "b"+bc, bc);
		_root.gun.gotoAndStop(2);
		_root.fired = true;
		_root.shootin.gotoAndPlay(1);
	}
};
stop();

Thats the coding.. Thanks :)

[GuyWithHisComp]

You havent' defined sc so it's always undefined.

I think you want something like this:

var bc = 1000;
var sc = 1100;
_root.onMouseDown = createBullet;
function createBullet() {
	bc++;
	if (bc > 1100){ bc = 1000; }
	if (sc > 1200){ sc = 1100; }
	if (_root.fired == false)
	{
		duplicateMovieClip("smoke", "s"+sc, sc);
		duplicateMovieClip("bullet", "b"+bc, bc);
		_root.gun.gotoAndStop(2);
		_root.fired = true;
		_root.shootin.gotoAndPlay(1);
	}
};
stop();

[jozojozojozo]

It works fine now, thanks. :)

[Neo-13]

At 6/24/08 06:51 PM, jozojozojozo wrote: Okay, i'm making a game when you are shooting stuff, and when you shoot the bullet comes out, and smoke comes out aswell.. but the smoke is being duplicated behind everything else, i've made sure that the smoke is on a layer by its self at the top, so its infront of everything, please can someone tell me why this is happening? :(

var bc = 1000;
_root.onMouseDown = function() {
bc++;
if (bc>1100) {
bc = 1000;
}
if (_root.fired == false) {
duplicateMovieClip("smoke", "s"+sc, sc);
duplicateMovieClip("bullet", "b"+bc, bc);
_root.gun.gotoAndStop(2);
_root.fired = true;
_root.shootin.gotoAndPlay(1);
}
};
stop();

Thats the coding.. Thanks :)

What's the value of sc? Is it greater or less than bc?

Also, just a little note. The if (_root.fired == false) { } can be 'simplified' to if (!_root.fired) { }

== true and == false are unnecessary. You just need to say the variable for true and !variable for false.

[Neo-13]

At 6/24/08 06:59 PM, jozojozojozo wrote: It works fine now, thanks. :)

Damn the question was answered while I was typing!

[DawnOfDusk]

At 6/24/08 07:00 PM, Neo-13 wrote:

Also, just a little note. The if (_root.fired == false) { } can be 'simplified' to if (!_root.fired) { }

== true and == false are unnecessary. You just need to say the variable for true and !variable for false.

Thats interesting, does simplifying it make a difference in file size? (.swf obviously)