y position

[notquitehere188]

i made a simple program where part of it was lining up 3 items vertically
i used the code

thing1._y = 50
thing2._y = 50
thing3._y = 50

but for some reason they were not lined up

when i modifyed theyre positions by manually putting 50 in their y co-ordinate boxes, they lined up fine

why did this happen?

[Katwalk]

maybe you forget tell FLASH where the things is. is it in the _root ,or in a MC ?

[catbert303]

Make sure all the clips have their registration points in the same place.

[notquitehere188]

registration points? dosent it just measure from the top left corner?

[catbert303]

The registration point is usually (by default) in the centre of the clip. though it can be set anywhere. edit the clip and check where the point (0, 0) is in relation to the content of the clip.

When you set the position of the clip with actionscript it's the point (0, 0) that will be placed at the point set by your script.

[notquitehere188]

is there a setting i can change so that it measures X, and Y in actionscript from the top left corner but still have the registration point in the bottom right.
I have programmed so many games in VB using top left and i need the rotation in bottom right so there would inevitably be glitches where i forget that X, and Y are in different places