as3 thingy problem

[chienbleu]

this is supposed to make the ball go to your mouse and fall everytime you click but it's being crappy and not working more than once 

import flash.events.Event;
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,gotomouse)
function gotomouse(event:Event)
{
ball.x = mouseX
ball.y = mouseY
var gravity:Number = 1
trace(gravity)

ball.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,fall)
function fall(event:Event)
{
gravity += gravity/2
ball.y += gravity
}
}

[kglad]

you should remove that event listener, or at least, don't keep re-adding it.

[chienbleu]

i dont know its not working. it just seems to be doubling in speed everytime i click even when i remove event listners or reset the variable or change things around

[kglad]

again, you're readding that listener and it is causing a problem.  don't do that.

[chienbleu]

again, i've tried anything and it's getting annoying because I can't get to the next step. i remove the event listeners at the beggining "access of undefined 'fall', i put the fall function outside "access of undefined 'gravity'". can you just show me other way of doing this please  I just want to make it so on MOUSE_DOWN it goes to your mouse and on MOUSE_UP it drops and accelerates. that's it. please help me

[kglad]

it's hard to know what should be done because (i assume) you're only showing part of the code your using and the code you're showing isn't coded the way one would expect for normal gravity.  so,

1. is that all the code related to ball?

2. do you really want ball to "fall" more and more slowly unlike gravity on planets.

[chienbleu]

no, that is all the code. 1. yes    2. no. and "fall" is what i named my function

[kglad · Accepted solution]

import flash.events.Event;

stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,gotomouse)

function gotomouse(event:Event){
ball.x = mouseX; // are you sure you don't want to animate this?
ball.y = mouseY;  //  "  "
var gravity:Number = 1
trace(gravity);

if(!ball.hasEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME)){

ball.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,fall);

}
}

function fall(event:Event){
gravity += gravity/2;

ball.y += gravity;

if(ball.y>stage.stageHeight+ball.height){

ball.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,fall);

ball.parent.removeChild(ball);

}
}

*********************************************************************************************************************

/*  the above will work for one ball, but that's going to be pretty boring, so i would expect something different like clicking on one of a number of balls will trigger its fall */

for(var i=0;i<ballNum;i++){

this["ball_"+i].addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,gotomouse);

}

function gotomouse(e:Event){
e.currentTarget.x = mouseX
e.currentTarget.y = mouseY
e.currentTarget.gravity = 1;

if(!e.currentTarget.hasEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME)){

e.currentTarget.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,fall);

}
}

function fall(e:Event){
e.currentTarget.gravity += e.currentTarget.gravity/2;

e.currentTarget.y += e.currentTarget.gravity;

if(e.currentTarget.y>stage.stageHeight+ball.height){

e.currentTarget.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,fall);

e.currentTarget.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,gotomouse);

e.currentTarget.parent.removeChild(e.currentTarget);

}
}

[chienbleu]

thanks, it looks like it work except for that other pesky problem i've been having where it says access of defined 'gravity'

[kglad]

if you use my suggested code for more than one ball, you won't have a problem. otherwise use 

var gravity:Number;

[chienbleu]

i don't understand the second code and that doesn't help anything.

[kglad]

then, if your project consists of one ball, use the declaration in my previous message.

[chienbleu]

i used your idea also adding in a ground collision check but when i click as it falls it doesnt reset gravity and the only way i can think do this is by removing the falling event listener everytime i click but of course it's access of undefined property

function setupstuff(event:Event)
{
var gravity:Number = 1
ball.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,setupvar);
ball.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,fall);
function fall(event:Event)
{
gravity += gravity/2;
ball.y += gravity;
if (gravity >= 33)
{
gravity = 33
}
if(ball.hitTestObject(ground))
{
ball.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,fall);
ball.y += -2;
for(var i:int; i<40; i++)
{
if(ball.hitTestObject(ground))
{
ball.y += -2;
}
}
}
}
}

[kglad]

that for loop isn't right. what's it supposed to do?

and why aren't you using the code i suggested?

[chienbleu]

that for loop makes the ball get out of the ground. the code you helped me with is actually right above that

import flash.events.Event;
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,gotomouse)
function gotomouse(event:Event)
{
ball.x = mouseX;
ball.y = mouseY;

if(!ball.hasEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME))
{
ball.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,setupvar);
}

[kglad]

the only reason to have a for-loop is explained above the code and is repeated below: 

/*  the above will work for one ball, but that's going to be pretty boring, so i would expect something different like clicking on one of a number of balls will trigger its fall */

anyway, if your entire project consists of one clickable ball, this should work:

import flash.events.Event;

stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,gotomouse)

function gotomouse(event:Event){
ball.x = mouseX; // are you sure you don't want to animate this?
ball.y = mouseY;  //  "  "
var gravity:Number = 1
trace(gravity);

if(!ball.hasEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME)){

ball.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,fall);

}
}

function fall(event:Event){
gravity += gravity/2;

ball.y += gravity;

if(ball.y>stage.stageHeight+ball.height){

ball.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,fall);

ball.parent.removeChild(ball);

}
}

if there's some problem with this code, what problem?

[chienbleu]

i wanted to make it so the ball stops when it hits the grounds not the bottom of the stage but i added that randomly. there's no problem with it, i just wanted to do something different

[kglad]

understood (and now i understand why you used hitTestObject).

if your ground has instance name ground, use:

import flash.events.Event;

stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,gotomouse)

function gotomouse(event:Event){
ball.x = mouseX; // are you sure you don't want to animate this?
ball.y = mouseY;  //  "  "
var gravity:Number = 1
trace(gravity);

if(!ball.hasEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME)){

ball.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,fall);

}
}

function fall(event:Event){
gravity += gravity/2;

ball.y += gravity;

if(ball.hitTestObject(ground)){

ball.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,fall);

//ball.parent.removeChild(ball); <- you probably don't want to remove the ball from the display

}
}