cant place movie clip

Question

so this is the function I have as of now function placeGem(x:int, y:int) {
	var newGemAmount:int = gems+1;
	var gemOBJ:RainbowGem = new RainbowGem();
	gemOBJ.x = x;
	gemOBJ.y = y;
	gemOBJ.name = "gem"+newGemAmount;
	gemOBJ.visible = true;
	background.addChild(gemOBJ);
	//gems++;
	trace("+----------------------------+");
	trace("| Gems name: "+ gemOBJ.name);
	trace("| Gems Y: "+ gemOBJ.y);
	trace("| Gem X: "+gemOBJ.x);
	trace("| Gems parent: "+gemOBJ.parent.name);
	trace("+----------------------------+");
	trace("
");
} and I get the right output* +----------------------------+
| Gems name: gem3
| Gems Y: 300
| Gem X: 440
| Gems parent: background
+----------------------------+ but the object is not being placed. "background" is a movie clip that is where I want "gemOBJ" to be in.any idea why I don't see it being placed?

kglad · Accepted Answer

if on background +----------------------------+| Gems name: gem3| Gems Y: 0| Gem X: 0| Gems parent: background+----------------------------+ and i see the gem, x&y must be screwed up I'm guessing?background is probably messed up and should be at 0,0.  if doing that moves background above and to the left of the stage (or, at least, where you want it), edit the background movieclip so it's reg point is at 0,0.

kglad · Answer

background not being visible would do it as would several other things. to see if it's a parent problem, try:  //background.addChild(gemOBJ);stage.addChild(gemObj)

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