I need to know how to create multiple objects with same properties and that can be collectively referenced to in ActionScript. For example, if I want to create a mc that bounces off of any one of 20 different other mc's, how would I do that without writing the code for each instance name. :zzz: It's a problem that's been annoying me for a while now. I would love some help. Thanks.
Can anyone tell me if attach movie would work for this and how to do it?
I dont think you need different instane name for something like that. Just put in the code for one instance and copy and paste the instance.
If you give two objects the same instance name, one of them (the copy) does nothing.
Depends on what properties you want to copy. The attached code sample uses an object to hold the values we want all of our "balls" to hold. For this example, just rotation and y coordinate, we alter the x and alpha on each iteration so we can see the different balls.Code:stop();
// All attached movies will be at 100 down and rotated 45 degrees
var o:Object = new Object();
o._y = 100;
o._rotation = 45;
for( var i:Number = 0; i < 10; i++ ) {
// so we can see the difference, we'll space out each ball
o._x = i * 30 + 15;
// and change the alpha
o._alpha = 10 * ( 10 - i );
// attach the new movie, notice how we pass our Object 'o' at the end?
this.attachMovie( "ball", "ball" + i, this.getNextHighestDepth(), o );
}
I figured out how to do it finally. :) I used used an array to store the instance names of objects.