Duplicate Movie Clip Issue

i have a movie clip that fades it's alpha out to 0 after a set amount of time, then duplicates it's self.

the problem is, when it duplicates it's self the alpha is still set to 0, so you can't see it.

i have tried using setproperty on the duplicate, so right after it duplicates, the alpha gets set to 100 again, but this didn't work.

any ideas?

after you duplicate the clip, reference the new clip by its name.

code:

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//from a function called by the fading clip or inside the fading clip itself

this.duplicateMovieClip("newName", newLevel);

newName._alpha=100;

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there are plenty of ways you can do this, just fool around until you find a way to reference the new movieclip.

ok i got that working, but i figured it out before you posted :)

now the issue is getting the duplicate movie clip to fade out, right now i got it to disappear form the screen using removemovie clip based on an _x array position, but what i'm trying to do is get it to fade out in alpha then delete itself.

any ideas?

thanks for the help!

make a class. ill whip an example together in a few minutes

code:

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//Fade class

Fade = function(){

	this.constructor.num++;

	this.num=this.constructor.num;

}



//fade, dupe, and delete

Fade.prototype.onEnterFrame=function(){

	this._alpha*=.7;

	if(this._alpha<10){

		temp=attachMovie("circ", "tempName", this.num+1);

		trace(temp.num);

		temp._name="fade"+temp.num;

		temp._x=this._x+10;

		temp._y=this._y+20;

		unloadMovie(this);

	}

}



//allows the attachMovie function to be used, allowing dynamic attachment of clips in the library

Object.registerClass("circ", Fade);



attachMovie("circ", "fade1", 1);

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sorry i gotta run, no time to explain it all... eesh, struggle through it if you can and read this tute
http://www.debreuil.com/docs/ch01_Intro.htm

PS ill get on later and go into a little with you