Duplicate Movie problem. s

How come when I tried to assign the x and y of a duplicated 'laser1' mc to the xy of the movie clip inside a movieclip, the xy of the laser mc is zero. (sorry for the bad english)

The movie clip(cannonmc) that contains the script is inside another movie clip(cannon) followed by a 'ship' mc.

This is the script of the 'cannonmc' mc.

Code:

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onClipEvent(load) {
        shots = 0;
}
onClipEvent(enterFrame) {
        if(Key.isDown(Key.SPACE)) {
                duplicateMovieClip(_root.laser1, "shootlas1"+shots, 7000+shots);
                _root["shootlas1"+shots]._x = this._x+20;
                _root["shootlas1"+shots]._y = this._y+10;
                if(shots != 99) {
                        shots++;
                } else { shots = 0; }
        }
}

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When 'ship' mc moves, the duplicated movie doesn't follow the moved 'cannon' mc.

Please help me.

try:
var temp = duplicateMovieClip(_root.laser1, "shootlas1"+shots, 7000+shots);
temp._x = this._x+20;
temp._y = this._y+10;

Watch out theTick !
duplicateMovieClip(target,newname, depth) does not return the copied instance.. it's wrong in help...
only MovieClip.duplicateMovieClip(newname,depth) does !!!
(this has been corrected in Flash8 help / LiveDocs)


[edit] from here i first wrote BS...
@your problem:

You just set the x/y position of the laser shot only once, on duplication...
that's where it will stay.

ah...thanks. that slipped my attention. i usually use the MovieClip method...

Hmm...maybe showing me the code would help.

PHP Code:

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duplicateMovieClip(_root.laser1, "shootlas1"+shots, 7000+shots);
_root["shootlas1"+shots].onEnterFrame = function ()
{
  this._x +=20;
}
_root["shootlas1"+shots].onEnterFrame = function ()
{
  this._y +=10;
} 


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thus, you assign an onEnterFrame event to all newly created shots that continuously adds to its _x or _y position...although you might want to decrease the value you add...

I wonder how do you get the xy of a movie clip(that is in another movie clip) on the stage...
I tried tracing the xy of the 'cannonmc' mc and the result is 0...

edit:
'cannon' mc is actually attached into the 'ship' mc through actionscript. Could this be part of the problem?

Please help me somebody!

Hmm.. i think it would be easier, if you post the fla :)

you can use the MovieClipMethod localToGlobal() to transform cannonmc's local coordinates (which will always be the same inside the ship mc, because i suppose you don't move the cannonmc around inside the ship mc) to stage coordinates.
there's a good example how to correctly use the method in the help files.

THANK YOU theTick! Special thank to McUser too!

localToGlobal() is just what I needed.
Now my ship can shoot laser from the cannonmc.

:smile: