MC interaction failing

[killerJackaroo]

im having problems trying to tell the archer (baddie_mc) to tell his arrow (baddie2_mc) to gotoAndPlay("DIE"), but it just wont work. No error message, no trace of the problem eccept that the arrow is disobeying the script. You see, when the archer dies, he goes to a frame where he is lying on the ground and in which says:

tellTarget("_parent.baddie2_mc"){
gotoAndPlay("DIE")
}

simple, or too simple?
thanks for the help.

[KigD]

Why do you use tellTarget? Just do:

_parent.baddie2_mc.gotoAndPlay("DIE");

Make sure that your paths are right, and that baddie2 is indeed parent.

[killerJackaroo]

still doesn't work.