hittest with nested movieclips

I have a lot of nested movie clips. For some reason someone at one point told me it was a good idea.

I can't seem to get hittest to work. Any help is appreciated... Can you even hittest movies clips inside different movie clips?

This is my code:

Code:

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for(var x=0;x<=5000; x++){
                if(this.hitTest(_root.jet, _root.environment_mc.environment.bombSpawn_mc.flying_mc.bigBomb_mc)) {
          trace("Collision Detected");
    } else {
          trace("No Collision");
    }
};

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I tried putting the hittest code in the flying_mc movieclip and that doesn't work either...

Code:

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                if(this.hitTest(_root.jet, this.bigBomb_mc)) {
          trace("Collision Detected");
    } else {
          trace("No Collision");
    }

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Why doesn't this work?

Here, this one should be easy for anyone thats worked with hittest before. I made the file really really simple. I am trying to hit test the jet and flying_mc.

This is how I am writing it:

Code:

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this.onEnterFrame=function(){
               
                if(this.jet,hitTest(_root.flying_mc)) {
          trace("Collision Detected");
    } else {
          trace("No Collision");
    }
}

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Please help

I'm getting somewhere... I know have this:

Code:

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onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
               
        if (hitTest(_root.flying_mc.bigBomb_mc)) {
          trace("Collision Detected");
        } else {
          trace("No Collision");
        }
}

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That is on the jet movieclip. It works but only on the original bomb that the other ones spawn from. How do I hittest the duplicates?

Found this recent thread:

http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=688580

I don't understand the arrays though. I'm new. Could someone please explain?