[F8] Why aren't I able to dynamically ad movie clips?

[swollenpickles]

I'm trying to have the hero fire a bullet from his gun. Here's what I have so far, but at the moment it's not working.

Could someone please give me so help?

Thanks.

Here's the function:

function addBullet():Void {
	if (bullet_array.length>=numBullets) {
		var tempBullet_mc:MovieClip = this.attachMovie("bullet_id", "bullet"+bullet_array.length+"_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth());
		this.tempBullet_mc._x = this.hero_mc.arm_mc.gun_mc._x;
		this.tempBullet_mc._y = this.hero_mc.arm_mc.gun_mc._y;
	}
}

Here's the function call:

this.onMouseUp = function():Void {
	addBullet();
};

Here are the variables:

var bullet_array:Array = new Array();
var numBullets:Number = 6;

[a_modified_dog]

it might be due to scope within the function,
or that bullet_array length does not exceed numBullets (trace for these values)
this would be my approach -

var bullet_array:Array = new Array();
var len:Number  = bullet_array.length;
var numBullets:Number = 6;
var TL:MovieClip = this;
var depth:Number = this.getNextHighestDepth();

function addBullet():Void {
if (len>=numBullets) {
depth++;
var tempBullet_mc:MovieClip = TL.attachMovie("bullet_id", "bullet"+depth+"_mc", depth);
tempBullet_mc._x = TL.hero_mc.arm_mc.gun_mc._x;
tempBullet_mc._y = TL.hero_mc.arm_mc.gun_mc._y;
}
}