So Simple... I Hope

[Jynxxx]

I have a main character mc with a bunch of frames in it, it kinda goes like this:

CharacterMovieClip > Bunch of frames with different movie clips of actions > A specific movie clip

I have a line of code at the last frame of the "a specific movie clip" that is supposed to change a variable that the "CharacterMovieClip" holds. What is the code to do that?

_root.CharacterMovieClip.variable = false; didn't work.

Any help appreciated.

[zrb]

_root.CharacterMovieClip.variable = false; didn't work.

Well try this on the main character Movie Clip:

if (this.specificMCName._currentframe == #( of the frame with the action in it)) {
variable = false;
}

[Jynxxx]

At 7/2/08 10:36 PM, zrb wrote:

_root.CharacterMovieClip.variable = false; didn't work.

Well try this on the main character Movie Clip:

if (this.specificMCName._currentframe == #( of the frame with the action in it)) {
variable = false;
}

Thanks, but no. That didn't work either...

[Jynxxx]

I'd assume this is possible, I mean, its not real technical at all...

[zrb]

I'd assume this is possible, I mean, its not real technical at all...

Well for your method, I don't see how it didn't work unless you gave your character the wrong instance name.

[Jynxxx]

I gave the "A Specific Movie Clip" an instance name, then, on the main timeline, applied that action you gave to me to the main character movie clip.

Basically, it ended up not doing anything...

[Jynxxx]

if (this.gettingUp._currentframe == 2) {
		ducking = false;
	}

That's what I have. Then inside the main character movie clip, I have the movie clip of him getting up named gettingUp.

Didn't work...

[Neo-13]

This sounds like a simple problem, one that I think I could help with; however I don't really understand how you have it organised. Your diagram thing with words was confusing.

One thing you could try, is to make the variable _global.

[Coolio-Niato]

If getting up is non-existant in the frames before at the beginning of the movie clip, the instance name may possibly not be recognized. Rather, try to set the actions up inside the gettingUp MC or on it to set the MC above it's actions to true.

basically an

 
onClipEvent(enterFrame){
if(this._currentframe == 2){
_parent.variable = true;
}
}

It's weird when stuff like that happens and you just have to get used to getting around it.