edit var from main time line in a movie clip

I'm creating a balloon game where the user is supposed to hit balloons with a needle in order to make them disappear. (have a look at the swf-file).

In the main time line I have created the variable 'lifes' with a value of 4. My intention is that every time the user miss a balloon, he loses a life.

The balloons is a looped movieclip, and I would assume that the best solution would be to put something like this:

life = life-1;

in the end of the balloon movieclip, but the variable does not seem to exist inside the movieclip. I cant even trace it...

Here is links to my .swf and my .fla

.swf
http://www.irritasjon.com/unsw/flash..._blaster_5.swf

.fla
http://www.irritasjon.com/unsw/flash..._blaster_5.fla

Hey,

In AS3 you're actually supposed to do everything in the main timeline or document class.

one example:

Code:

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//document class
balloon.lifes -= 1;
balloon.someFunction();

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this would mean that you can store global variables on the main timeline or in your document class, and access your class/movieclip variables externally.

Dan

Try this code:

MovieClip(root).life--;



in your movieclip time line.

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Originally Posted by dan_hin

Hey,

In AS3 you're actually supposed to do everything in the main timeline or document class.

one example:

Code:

---

//document class
balloon.lifes -= 1;
balloon.someFunction();

---

this would mean that you can store global variables on the main timeline or in your document class, and access your class/movieclip variables externally.

Dan

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Hmm.. Sorry, I'm new to actionscript. I dont see how this can help me. Could you please explain a little bit more?

I still cant make this work.... :(

I tried to download your fla, but the link was broken.

Keeping all you AS on the main time line is not a bad idea.

You could check which frame your balloon mc is on by altering the following script to suit your script:

if(balloon_mc.currentFrame == 19 //or whatever the last frame is){
life--;
}

Hope this helps.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by friedegg3

I tried to download your fla, but the link was broken.

Keeping all you AS on the main time line is not a bad idea.

You could check which frame your balloon mc is on by altering the following script to suit your script:

if(balloon_mc.currentFrame == 19 //or whatever the last frame is){
life--;
}

Hope this helps.

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oh sorry about the faulty links. I have placed it here: http://home.no/baboon/flash/

Should be working.

I tried to use the code in your post. It worked well with a movieclip, but I'm having trouble as the balloons flying by are array/children-balloons..

hmm..

and one more thing. I would like the balloons to appear more and more often as a way of making the game more difficult, but I cant manage to do it. I would assume there is an easy solution. Just adding something to the loop somewhere...

I’ve downloaded your fla and have some comments:

First your script is unorganized. For example: You have script for the mountains on lines 5, 6 and 8, then again on line 20 and 21, and again on line 46. I like to keep my script ‘tidy’, so that if I have a problem with the mountains, I don’t have to scroll through lines of unrelated script to find the one or two lines I’m looking for. If you spend a few minutes rearranging the script, you might be able to see what problems you have.

You have the balloon mcs as animated movie clips. I would have the balloons rise using action script.

There is a missing bracket or parentheses somewhere (or maybe reversed). I was only able to glance through quickly but something just doesn’t look/work right. I'm getting output errors.