Height Change in Actionscript

Heres the game
http://www.mediafire.com/?4njgzegxt3t

I have a problem with the duckshoot game. The ducks all have the right code and everything but only the first 2 ducks change size. What am i doing wrong

I've had a look and done some work on it to make it easier for you. All the code is on the code layer on the timeline.
Your best bet is to do a few simple tutorials on actionscript, and work from there really, just remeber its easier of you keep all the code in one place.

www.actionscripts.org is a reasonable place to start.

Link to New Duck Shooting Galllery.fla

Anyway, hope that helps, Ade

I took a quick look at your fla, if I get time later on and someone else hasn't already answered , I'll get it working.

From a quick glance, you have multiple 'ducks' that you want to apply the onPress event to, and none of them had instance names. Best to give them names like duck0, duck1 etc. You would need to use a loop to set up the onPress handler for each duck to make the coding easier.

Also it appears that something in the parent hierachy is a graphic symbol and not a movie clip. I've never done this and so don't know if its a problem, but I would only ever use movieclips in the parent chain. [others may know if this is possible with a graphic symbol]

Well it will work if everything is done right.

2 things to check:

Make sure you change the myInstanceName to the same name of the button or movieclip that you you have assigned in the property inspector. If you see a greyed out <Instance Name> in your property inspector, then you need to put the name there first... use no spaces and no weird characters.

And make sure that the actionscript is in a frame, and not attached directly to the object (you should see a little 'a' appear in the frame in the timeline where you put the code).


You can't upload files here, you can post a link to your fla if you put it somewhere accessible via the web.

You can also post some code snippets using the attach code button here.

It Still doesnt work
im trying to build a game for a friend.
how do you upload files to this forum???

But what if i want it to change to 20 pixels when i click on it

Make sure you know the instance name of the movie clip or button (and the relative 'path' to it if you're not issueing the command from the level of its parent).

Actionscript versions 1 & 2:

e.g. if your button exists on the current timeline and its called myInstanceName in the property inspector, then just use

myInstanceName._height = 20;

as an actionscript command on a frame where the button or movie clip exists in the timeline. (if you want to make it 20 pixels high)