Help!! Setting "body" for enemy in shooter!!

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April 30, 2014
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I tried some code for my enemyShooter's hitTest and it worked.

 if (_root.enemyShooter.body.hitTest(_root.ship.body)) {...}

(enemyShooter is the instance name of movieclip)

However, this doesn't work.

var name = _name
 if (_root.name.body.hitTest(_root.ship.body)) {...}

The reason I am doing this is because there are many enemies like enemyShip1, enemyShip2, enemyShip3.

The name if it is set by

 "EnemyShip" + _root.getNextHighestDepth()

because I use

 _root.attachMovie("EnemyShip", "EnemyShip" + _root.getNextHighestDepth(), _root.getNextHighestDepth());

I cannot find the instance name unless using _name

How can I make it work?

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kglad

Community Expert

in most situations it's best to store those enemy references in an array and loop through the array especially if you're sometimes removing enemies and they no longer need to be checked for a hittest (or anything else).

A

Anonymous

Yes, I already used the Array feature.

My whole code:

class EnemyBasic extends MovieClip
{
    var _x, _y, speed, removeMovieClip, hitTest, health, shaking, shakeDuration, _rotation, name, _name;
    function EnemyBasic()
    {
        super();
    } // End of the function
    function onLoad()
    {
        _x = 700;
        _y = Math.random() * 200 + 50;
        speed = Math.random() * 3 + 3;
        _root.ship.enemies.push(this);
                    health = 2;
                    shaking = false;
        shakeDuration = 10;
        _rotation = 0;
                                        name = _name;
    } // End of the function
    function onEnterFrame()
    {
        _x = _x - speed;
        if (_x < -100)
        {
            this.removeMovieClip();
        } // end if
                    trace(name)
        if (_root.ship.enemies.hitTest(_root.ship.body))
        {
            this.explode();
        }
    }
} // End of Class

Some of the code are removed to make this simpler.

How do I change the HitTest part? _root.ship.enemies doesn't work

kglad

Community Expert

why doesn't _root.ship.enemies work?

is it populated when you start your hittest? if yes, how are you trying to use it?

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