removeMovieClip(); not working in tile based game...

[the--flash]

removeMovieClip no work!

That pretty much sums up my last half an hour. I've been working on a game which is basically a bunch of TonyPa's tutorials put together (wanted to expand on them...) and today I decided to try and put firepower into the mix, allowing my character, Mario, to shoot fire. I put the code in, made it work with what I have, but for some mind boggeling reason I can't get rid of the fireballs. This isn't some sort of coding mishap, because everything else in the if statement works fine. It just won't go away!

Here's what I have...

for (var i = 0; i<game.bullets.length; ++i) {
    var ob=game.bullets[i];
    getMyCorners (ob.x+ob.speed*ob.dirx, ob.y+ob.speed*ob.diry, ob);
    if (game[ob.upleft].walkable and game[ob.upright].walkable) {
    	if (!game[ob.downleft].walkable and !game[ob.downright].walkable) {
	  		ob.diry *= -1;
		} else {
			moveChar(ob, ob.dirx, ob.diry);
		}
    } else {    
	  ob.clip.removeMovieClip();
      delete game["bullet"+game.bullets[i].id];
      game.bullets.splice(i,1);
	  
    }

The code loops through all the bullets in the game.bullets array, sets the variable "ob" to the bullet, then checks for collision. Everything works just fine! The actual bullet is deleted (I think) but it won't go away! If I put in

ob.clip._visible = false;

it does disappear! Seems only that slippery removeMovieClip(); isn't working...

I've put the .fla in the bottem, because this problem is really boggeling me. I havn't done much flash for awhile, so there might (probably) be something I'm missing. Thanks for all the help.

EDIT: Hmm, for some reason my file is 440 KB, and it's too big. Guess you'll have to imagine what it looks like for now

[mr_malee]

really need that fla, is there somewhere you can upload it to for free?

clicked on the first link in google: http://www.4shared.com/

it all looks fine to me, if all else fails, trace out (ob.clip), (typeof ob.clip) if its a movieclip then ob.clip.removeMovieClip() should work. Or AS2's super magic function is flawed.

this:

delete game["bullet"+game.bullets[i].id];

could be just:

delete game["bullet" + ob.id];

[the--flash]

Yeah, I can see how this would be tough to help without the .fla, so I put it up on filefront.

http://files.filefront.com/TileBased.../fileinfo.html

Also, I'm pretty sure delete game["bullet"+game.bullets[i].id]; is working, since if I shoot the fireballs at the ground and they walk over them, they don't die...

[mr_malee]

your problem is this:

game.clip.attachMovie("bullet",name,10100000+game. bulletcounter);

the depth is too high, take out 10100000. Once a movieclip goes above a certain depth or below 0 it cannot be removed using code. AS2 rocks!

Its best to put bullets inside a different parent movieclip. so:

game.bullets.attachMovie("bullet", name, game.bulletcounter);

that way, you know that only bullets are in that movieclip.

[the--flash]

Alright, worked just fine, thanks very much!

[Gohloum]

your problem is this:

game.clip.attachMovie("bullet",name,10100000+game. bulletcounter);

the depth is too high, take out 10100000. Once a movieclip goes above a certain depth or below 0 it cannot be removed using code. AS2 rocks!

Its best to put bullets inside a different parent movieclip. so:

game.bullets.attachMovie("bullet", name, game.bulletcounter);

that way, you know that only bullets are in that movieclip.

Nice call Malee. For everyone who reads this, if you are having a problem with removeMovieClip(), you can bet it's an issue dealing with depth. If your file uses swapDepth() and you accidentally swap 2 items to the same depth in the same cycle, then reference is lost to one of them and you won't be able to get to it.