[RESOLVED] [F8] a setMask that does not work.

[Ovaire d'Oz]

I am trying to mask elements so that you can not see them when they go out of the scene (sounds silly like that, but no when the swf is to be loaded into another one), but somehow I can not set the mask.
Could someone take a look at this code?

attachMovie("thing","masker",690);
masker._x = 370;
masker._y = 0;
masker._width = 64;
masker._height = ht;
//
for (i=0; i<nPics; i++) {
	var a:MovieClip = attachMovie("thing", "mini"+i, 200+i);
	a._x = masker._x;
	a._y = 20+80*i;
	a.loadMovie("img/pictures/"+i+"s.jpg");
	//////////
	a.setMask(masker);
}

I also tried setting the mask directly to one movie clip, mini2.setMask(masker); but it was as useless as a Britney Spears CD for someone lost in the Pacific Ocean.

[dlowe93]

I am trying to mask elements so that you can not see them when they go out of the scene (sounds silly like that, but no when the swf is to be loaded into another one), but somehow I can not set the mask.
Could someone take a look at this code?

attachMovie("thing","masker",690);
masker._x = 370;
masker._y = 0;
masker._width = 64;
masker._height = ht;
//
for (i=0; i<nPics; i++) {
	var a:MovieClip = attachMovie("thing", "mini"+i, 200+i);
	a._x = masker._x;
	a._y = 20+80*i;
	a.loadMovie("img/pictures/"+i+"s.jpg");
	//////////
	a.setMask(masker);
}

I also tried setting the mask directly to one movie clip, mini2.setMask(masker); but it was as useless as a Britney Spears CD for someone lost in the Pacific Ocean.

You can't mask multiple clips with the same mask. You will either need to create separate masks for each clip, or create a "master" container and mask that. For example:

createEmptyMovieClip("holder", 680);
attachMovie("thing","masker",690);

holder.x = 370;
holder.y = 0;

masker._x = 370;
masker._y = 0;

masker._width = 64;
masker._height = ht;
holder.setMask(masker);
//
for (i=0; i<nPics; i++) {
    var a:MovieClip = holder.attachMovie("thing", "mini"+i, 200+i);
    a._x = masker._x;       //keep in mind that a._x and a._y are now relative to holder, not the main clip;
    a._y = 20+80*i;
    a.loadMovie("img/pictures/"+i+"s.jpg");
    //////////
    //a.setMask(masker);     //you don't need this now;
} 

Hope this helps.

d.

[Ovaire d'Oz]

[ok]
It works fine! I had to modify a couple of things in the rest of the code because this modification had incidence, but it looks perfect now. Thank you.