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What in all attributes can you assign to text using actionscript?

Can you set the orientation, IE left, right, center as well as the text size?

Does anyone have any tips for optimum performance?

For instance, are there any 'commonly' known rules of thumb like using symbols over drawn boxes and any unnecessary settings that should be...

well, im making a game where the ammo that you shoot out are all duplicated clips

I need the "enemy" objects to hit test with the duplicated ammo

When I duplicate a clip, the name changes and I can no longer use the origional clip's name for hit detection.

How do I go about testing collisions with duplicated clips?

Thanks a bundle to all of you for your help! I learned a lot about z values and how they work because of you guys (and girl?).

Thanks again
-Citizen

_root.select1 = random(10);
if ((_root.select1 == 1) && (_root.spawn == true)){
_root.count1 += 1;
_root.newDepth1 += 1;
_root.tree.duplicateMovieClip("treex"+_root.count1, _root.newDepth1);...

How?

How do I make it so that the duplicated clips dont go above the stuff I already have in the movie?

Also, is there a better way to duplicate clips than the way I have it set up?

Didn't work.

Here's my souce if you can figure out what the problem is:

Yup, the clips were created using duplicateClip

This is placed in a two frame clip with the code copied twice. The clips do duplicate but they do not get removed by the above code.

...

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if(_y < 400){
_y += 8;
}
if(_y >= 400){
removeMovieClip("");
}
}
For some reason, the clip will move down but it wont destroy after it gets above 400 y.

/bump

I haven't been around for awhile (school) but I seem to notice with the release of Flash 8 that people are grouping MX and MX 2004 into one category?

Can the files go back and forth between the two versions? Have there been changes to actionscript?

the only problem is that I'm working in a different scene, so it doesnt work if i put down _root.gotoAndStop. I want to be able to traverse through frames within the same scene but the code doesnt...

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (this.hitTest(_root.char.charHit)){
gotoAndStop(2);
_root.char._x = 20;
}
}
When the object comes in contact with the object containing this code, object...

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What do I type in for the range to embed all? What does embedding do?

What do you mean by embed font?

I tried that second method with dynamic text and it didn't work.

So, I would do the following:

1. Make a dynamic text field named my_txt with no variable linked to it
2. Use:
_root.my_text.text = "string";
to change the text.
3. Use:
_root.my_text._alpha...

I don't have a clue as to what you just said.

I used the tutorial but can't seem to get it to work. Once I have the formatting in there, how do I apply it to a dynamic text field?

If so, what is the method?