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enciel17
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October 23, 2012
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How to remove duplicate attach movies on stage?

  • October 23, 2012
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Hi,

I am currently making a starting game and is still learning actionscript. So far what I did was I have a different set of buttons

For button01 - I added this script to it

on (release) {

          i = i + 1;

          _root.attachMovie("flipitem01","flipitem01new" + i, i);

}

what happens is when i click button01 I duplicate the flipbed02 movieclip and call it on stage as many times the user wants it.

I set this item on different buttons to call in other duplicate movie clips. Everything is as I want it to be. But the problem is I want to create a clear button.

I want to be able to clear all the duplicated items that is called onto the stage. I tried removeMovieClip but it's not working.

The only one working I have tried was sto add a _root.unloadMovie(); on the clear button but the problem is it clears everything in the stage including the background and stuffs. So any help is appreciated!

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Correct answer kglad

hi! can you give a sample on how to do it?

for example i have these 3 movie clips exported in action script in frame 1. (flipitem01, flipitem02, flipitem03)  and i duplicate them right? so the names of the duplicate will always have +i. right?

I have just a basic information on how to delcare an  array but haven't had much experience on it. I am new with this sorry..

Can you give a sample code for it? and this will be set in the clear button?


:

for(var i:Number=1;i<=3;i++){

_root["flipitem0"+i].removeMovieClip();

}

//////////////////////////

but you're going to make mistakes and have trouble with this.  use an array:

// attached to a frame:

_root.flipA = [];

// and store your movieclips in that array.

on (release) {

          i = i + 1;

          var mc:MovieClip=_root.attachMovie("flipitem01","flipitem01new" + i, i);

_root.flipA.push(mc);

}

// then whenever you want to remove all the existing flip movieclips, use:

for(var i:Number=_root.flipA.length-1;i>=0;i--){

_root.flipA.removeMovieClip();

_root.flipA.splice(i,1);

}

1 reply

kglad
Community Expert
kgladCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 23, 2012

your new movieclips are _root["flipitem01new"+i].

so, you would use:

_root["flipitem01new"+i].removeMovieClip();

E
enciel17Author
Participating Frequently
October 23, 2012

I tried this on the clear button and added this

on(press){

          _root["flipitem01new"+i].removeMovieClip();

}

it works but it won't clear all of them movieclips on stage. I have to click the clear button repeatedly so everything gets deleted, it's actually great! but is there a way to make it so that when i press the clear button every duplicated movieclip will be removed on the stage?

kglad
Community Expert
kgladCommunity Expert
Community Expert
October 23, 2012

you need to iterate through the i variables that you used.

if you don't understand what values of i you're using, you can use an array to store the created movieclips and iterate through that array.

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