Help with a variable

[JoshuaMack]

Okay I am working in flash Cs3, working on designing a game. I have the basic workings down but I cannot seem to get my variables to set more then one value (i=1, i<200, ++i).

this is the code on the hit box around the character, and it is supposed to stop him when he hits walls. However, the only instance name that works, within the ["wall"+i] is wall1.

onClipEvent (load) {
    stop();
    [B]i = (i=1, i<200, i++);[/B]

}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {


    if (hitTest(_root["wall"+i])) {
        if (Key.isDown(Key.UP)) {
            _root["wall"+i]._y -= 10;
            _root["roof"+i]._y -= 10;
        }
        if (Key.isDown(key.RIGHT)) {
            _root["wall"+i]._x += 10;
            _root["roof"+i]._x += 10;
        }
        if (Key.isDown(key.LEFT)) {
            _root["wall"+i]._x -= 10;
            _root["roof"+i]._x -= 10;
        }
        if (Key.isDown(key.DOWN)) {
            _root["wall"+i]._y += 10;
            _root["roof"+i]._y += 10;
        }
    }
}

The bold is where I seem to be having my problem, I have set the value of i, but when i actually use it, the only value that seems to be initialized is i having a value of 1. does anyone know how i might be able to fix this and or another way I can make a hit test for the walls that will not need a seperate string of coding for each individual wall?

thank you in advance.
if you need anything else just ask.

[gparis]

that's only the statement part of a for loop, you miss the for loop itself. And the use of i must be inside the for loop handler. See more info here.

gparis

[JoshuaMack]

Ok, I couldn't get a for loop to work within my on(enterframe) but i got it to work now. new problem.. :S

okay so i change it to :

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {

    for (i=0; i<200; ++i) {
        if (hitTest(_root["wall"+i])) {
            if (Key.isDown(Key.UP)) {
                _root["wall"+i]._y -= 10;
                _root["roof"+i]._y -= 10;
            }...etc

Now Multiple walls are being able to be hit, but when i hit one, everything else (the secnd wall, and the roof) continue to move as if i'm not hitting anything. Both walls work individually, but only one at a time. :S

[gparis]

You'd want to verify, as an extra condition, that the last digit of the instance name matches i. You could use a substring. As in :

if (i==Number(_root["wall"+i]._name.substring(4)))

gparis

[JoshuaMack]

I'm sorry i don't quite understand what you mean, i've never done that kind of thing. :S

I don't know if this helps but the variable seems to be working good, any value of "i" seems to being caught on the hittest, below 200 of course.
It's just that only one value seems to be working.

If I hit a wall, that wall stops, but all other walls and the roof continue to move.
But if i hit the other walls they stop and the others which where working before no longer do.

[JoshuaMack]

Okay so my problem exactly is that when i perform a hit test (run into the wall), it freezes the value of i to that of the current hittest.
This meaning that if I am hittesting a wall named (wall10) then the only other object i can get to stop is another object named (roof10)

[gparis]

That's what the extra condition i posted is for. the substring will retrieve the number 10 and only wall10 and/or roof10 will be affected.

gparis

[JoshuaMack]

Oh ok. I don't mean to a bother, but i only started deep into action script this year. Where exactly do i put that into the code to make it work?

I tried it in a few places but it made no difference. :S

I'm thinking I probably have to add in more then just that line of code, but i'm completely lost with it.

A reply asap would be nice, i'm working on this at school and my teacher is getting *****y due to my lack
of completing anything.
I tried searching the internet for answers, but nothing seemed to come up that was relevant.

[JoshuaMack]

Nevermind, I got everything to work, thanks anyways.