I had a problem with my hitTestObject collision detection a couple of days ago which has since been fixed (How can I solve my hitTestObject Collision Null Object Ref Error) with the help of you folks (thanks).
My problem now is as such:
When my "enemy.hit" comes into contact with "player.hit" it registers as a hit - this is good.
When my "building.collide" comes into contact with "player.hit" it registers as a hit - this is good.
However, when my "building.collide" comes into contact with my "enemy.hit" it does not register, but sometimes it does register even though the only enemy on-screen is many pixels away from it - as if either the building or enemy "hitBox" is somewhere other than directly on the graphic(MovieClip in this case).
I don't understand how this could be.
My enemy class has a hit.hitTestObject(player.hit) which works fine.
My building class has a collide.hitTestObject(player.hit) that also works fine.
So, it should reason that my building class collide.hitTestObject(enemy.hit) should also work fine - but it does not.
Any ideas?
My code consists of 10 or so .as files & I'm not entirely sure which of these is causing the problem. I don't want to be rude and post a 1000 lines of my amateur code for you to dig through -though, I will if need be.
Green parts are the hitBoxes (which is a layer within that particular MovieClip)
I hope this convoluted description is easy enough to follow.
Thank you for looking.
I think I know what is going on but, I have no idea how to correct it.
I use an ObjectPlacer class to place buildings, flora, fauna, etc and I believe that when I call -
var targetCowboy:Cowboy = new Cowboy(stageRef);
var enemyJoe:EnemyJoe = new EnemyJoe(stageRef, targetCowboy);
var Buildings03Left:BuildingsLeft03 = new BuildingsLeft03(stage, 0, -720, targetCowboy, enemyJoe);
stageRef.addChildAt((Buildings03Left), 2);
build01Place = false;
That this is actually creating multiple instances of both Cowboy and EnemyJoe and this is what is confusing flash. How can I reference Cowboy and EnemyJoe without using "new"?(e.g. var targetCowboy:Cowboy = new Cowboy(stageRef);)
ObjectPlacer code:
package com.gamecherry.gunslinger
{
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.display.Stage;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.utils.Timer;
import flash.events.TimerEvent;
public class ObjectPlacer extends MovieClip
{
private var Build01Timer:Timer;
private var Build02Timer:Timer;
private var CactiSet01Timer:Timer;
private var build01Place:Boolean = false;// if true - addChild starts at first frame
private var build02Place:Boolean = false;
private var cactiSet01Place:Boolean = false;
private var stageRef:Stage;
public function ObjectPlacer(stageRef:Stage)
{
this.stageRef = stageRef;
var Build01Timer = new Timer(1000, 1);
var Build02Timer = new Timer(25000, 1);
var CactiSet01Timer = new Timer(0, 1);
Build01Timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, build01TimerHandler, false, 0, true);
Build02Timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, build02TimerHandler, false, 0, true);
CactiSet01Timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, cactiSet01TimerHandler, false, 0, true);
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, loop, false, 0, true);
Build01Timer.start();
Build02Timer.start();
CactiSet01Timer.start();
}
public function loop(e:Event): void
{
BuildSet01();
BuildSet02();
CactiSet01();
}
private function BuildSet01(): void
{
if (build01Place)
{
var Buildings01Right:BuildingsLeft = new BuildingsLeft(stage, 720, -624);
Buildings01Right.scaleX = -1;
stageRef.addChildAt((Buildings01Right), 2);
var targetCowboy:Cowboy = new Cowboy(stageRef);
var enemyJoe:EnemyJoe = new EnemyJoe(stageRef, targetCowboy);
var Buildings03Left:BuildingsLeft03 = new BuildingsLeft03(stage, 0, -720, targetCowboy, enemyJoe);
stageRef.addChildAt((Buildings03Left), 2);
build01Place = false;
}
}
private function BuildSet02(): void
{
if (build02Place)
{
var Buildings04Left:BuildingsLeft04 = new BuildingsLeft04(stage, 0, -800);
stageRef.addChildAt((Buildings04Left), 2);
build02Place = false;
}
}
private function CactiSet01(): void
{
if (cactiSet01Place)
{
var cactus01:GScactus01 = new GScactus01(stage, 0, 300);
stageRef.addChildAt((cactus01), 2);
var cactus01b:GScactus01 = new GScactus01(stage, 190, 50);
stageRef.addChildAt((cactus01b), 2);
var cactus01c:GScactus01 = new GScactus01(stage, 660, -40);
stageRef.addChildAt((cactus01c), 2);
cactus01c.scaleX = -1;
var cactus01d:GScactus01 = new GScactus01(stage, 710, 340);
stageRef.addChildAt((cactus01d), 2);
cactus01d.scaleX = -1;
var cactus02:GScactus02 = new GScactus02(stage, 420, -50);
stageRef.addChildAt((cactus02), 2);
var cactus02b:GScactus02 = new GScactus02(stage, 600, 180);
stageRef.addChildAt((cactus02b), 2);
var cactus02c:GScactus02 = new GScactus02(stage, 300, 240);
stageRef.addChildAt((cactus02c), 2);
var cactus03:GScactus03 = new GScactus03(stage, 540, 100);
stageRef.addChildAt((cactus03), 2);
var cactus03b:GScactus03 = new GScactus03(stage, 30, 5);
stageRef.addChildAt((cactus03b), 2);
cactus03b.scaleX = -1;
var cactus03c:GScactus03 = new GScactus03(stage, 520, 420);
stageRef.addChildAt((cactus03c), 2);
cactiSet01Place = false;
}
}
private function build01TimerHandler(e: TimerEvent) : void
{
build01Place = true;
}
private function build02TimerHandler(e: TimerEvent) : void
{
build02Place = true;
}
private function cactiSet01TimerHandler(e: TimerEvent) : void
{
cactiSet01Place = true;
}
private function removeSelf() : void
{
removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, loop);
if (stageRef.contains(this))
stageRef.removeChild(this);
}
}
}
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