delete duplicate

[Alloy Bacon]

hey how can I get a movieclip deleted if theres a duplicate like if

player.playerName = ''; has the same name as player.playerName = '';

delete the newest player made.



this problem in general has nothing to do with multiplayer this glitch only shows client side.

[Nig 13]

Didn't quite understand it, but if you're using attachMovie, just use the same depth as the original movieclip to replace it.

[angelhdz]

More specific Basses xD

Explain your scenario to know how to guide you in the correct direction.

if(player.playerName ==player.playerName )player.removeChild();

I think...i don't know if that's a nonsense...hehe i'm not thinking with clarity today sorry bro

[Nig 13]

removeChild() o.o??

You sure you aren't mixing AS3 with AS2 xD?

[Alloy Bacon]

dude I think you me and nig13 are on the same boat, weve been feeling lazy as f@# lately xD

[Alloy Bacon]

I cant explain the issue, id have to show a video its way to difficult to explain :/

[angelhdz]

Show a video then hehe. And no Nig, it is AS2, check it byyourself. removeChild

[arkitx]

AS2:

attachMovie();
removeMovieClip();


AS3:

addChild();
removeChild();



arkitx

[poltuda]

http://ydjapan.com/temp_kris/beatemu...heatsheet.html


poltuda

[angelhdz]

Sincerely? I HATE AS3.

[angelhdz]

As3 was created for commercial purposes. Get more money from us. They force us to forget as2, learn as3, because if we don't learn it we would be far behind , "Outdated", then they will remove as2 from flash and we wish to have the newest flash version, it will only have As3. Why not optimize the As2? Why not simplify it instead of complicating it, so as2 users can stay with their flash version for a long time instead of keep buying each time a newer version? And those who have been paid a lot of tutorials, or have paid to go to an institute or college or university to learn as2, that is lost money, because now the have to forgive all they learnet, and pay again to learn something nonsense and absurd and stupidly complicated as AS3 is.

I swear, when they remove AS2 from flash, i will stop getting newer versions. Or i can suggest , Adobe, you are on time to forget about as3, and optimize as2...

[Alloy Bacon]

They discontinued flash anyways, there wont be any new versions thanks to "html5"
but I am not quiting flash because I like it.

[angelhdz]

Ujum, as I said before, html5 came to destroy flash, but that doesn't mean we will stop using flash...this is a competition between programming languages...that language that achieves to be complete and better than the others, will be successful and will be the "KING" and will have all the attention. Html was unattended, he wanted attention so he decided in taking steroids and growing up in scripting musculature becoming HTML5.

It supposed that a good coding/programming/scripting language's scripting proccess would be as simple, clean and quick as possible. But AS3 doesn't meet these attributes.

AS2

myButton.onPress=function(){
//DO THIS :D
}

AS3

Bla bla bla function, bla bla bla mouse listener, bla bla bla string variable bla bla bla stage, bla bla bla mouse event bla bla bla onClick bla bla bla mouse children bla bla bla mEnabled

Seriously? If AS2 is sometimes harder to code, AS3 is a pain in the ass.

[Alloy Bacon]

loool true that

[Nig 13]

Well, I do agree about hating AS3, but truth is, it's more Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) based, and that's actually what real programming is (Java is fully OOP based), but AS2 makes everything really easy and I think everyone should start with that language
I'm not saying AS3 is good, and I'll freak out if they remove AS2 from newer version (if any). If Adobe Edge (Adobe's software for HTML5) becomes popular, Adobe will probably cease to produce more Flash software -.-*

and btw, angelhdz, event codes like this:

onMouseMove = function(){
    trace("Mouse Moved :D");
}

is a simplified version of this:

mouseListener = new Object();
mouseListener.onMouseMove = function(){
    trace("Move!");
}
Mouse.addListener(mouseListener);

the same goes for Buttons and events like onPress, but Adobe made it easy for us by simply naming them like that, and I really love that they did that. Because who wants to type this:

myButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, btnPress);

function btnPress(e:MouseEvent):void{
    trace("Finally, after so much code!!!! >:(");
}

Just to quickly make a simple button press? I admit it's good practice, but it can quickly get annoying to write it all the time... also I hate strict data typing, where you just HAVE to specify the Data Type you're using, like:

var myArray:Array = new Array();

instead of:

myArray = new Array();

.________.

[marlopax]

My opinion is don't hate languages.

If you stick with AS2, you can always with your supported version of Flash. Adobe will not take it way from you and give you the latest upgrade.

BTW: You can use MTASC AS2 compile if you don't want to use Flash IDE anymore. OH! Yes, you can always afraid for the Flash Player which will execute your code. But that will always going to support all the versions of ActionScript.



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marlopax

[angelhdz]

Thanks guys