Duplicate Movie Clip Issue

[addamtron]

i have a movie clip that fades it's alpha out to 0 after a set amount of time, then duplicates it's self.

the problem is, when it duplicates it's self the alpha is still set to 0, so you can't see it.

i have tried using setproperty on the duplicate, so right after it duplicates, the alpha gets set to 100 again, but this didn't work.

any ideas?

[pkghost]

after you duplicate the clip, reference the new clip by its name.

code:

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//from a function called by the fading clip or inside the fading clip itself

this.duplicateMovieClip("newName", newLevel);

newName._alpha=100;

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there are plenty of ways you can do this, just fool around until you find a way to reference the new movieclip.

[addamtron]

ok i got that working, but i figured it out before you posted

now the issue is getting the duplicate movie clip to fade out, right now i got it to disappear form the screen using removemovie clip based on an _x array position, but what i'm trying to do is get it to fade out in alpha then delete itself.

any ideas?

thanks for the help!

[pkghost]

make a class. ill whip an example together in a few minutes

[pkghost]

code:

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//Fade class

Fade = function(){

	this.constructor.num++;

	this.num=this.constructor.num;

}



//fade, dupe, and delete

Fade.prototype.onEnterFrame=function(){

	this._alpha*=.7;

	if(this._alpha<10){

		temp=attachMovie("circ", "tempName", this.num+1);

		trace(temp.num);

		temp._name="fade"+temp.num;

		temp._x=this._x+10;

		temp._y=this._y+20;

		unloadMovie(this);

	}

}



//allows the attachMovie function to be used, allowing dynamic attachment of clips in the library

Object.registerClass("circ", Fade);



attachMovie("circ", "fade1", 1);

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sorry i gotta run, no time to explain it all... eesh, struggle through it if you can and read this tute
http://www.debreuil.com/docs/ch01_Intro.htm

PS ill get on later and go into a little with you