Question

So I have a box exported as Box in my library. I have tried :

package {

    import flash.display.MovieClip;
    import flash.events.*;

    public class Main extends MovieClip {

        private var _box:Box=new Box  ;
        private var boxAmount:Number=0;
        private var boxLimit:Number=16;


        private var _root:Object;
        public function Main() {

            addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, eFrame);

            addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseclick);
        }

        private function eFrame(event:Event):void {
            if (boxAmount <= boxLimit) {
                boxAmount++;
                _box.y=Math.random()*stage.stageHeight;

                _box.x=Math.random()*stage.stageWidth;

                addChild(_box);

            } else if (boxAmount >= boxLimit) {
                removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, eFrame);
            } else {
                addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, eFrame);
            }
        }
    }
}

But it did not work as planned.

What I am trying to do is make my box stay on the screen at a random place on the stage and remove it when clicked (but that will come later). This code is for some reason adding the object to the stage and then removing it and adding it again up to 16 times.

Thanks

Answer 1

I it seems like you have created one _box, and re-add it to the timeline on enter frame. It should work if you create a new box instance inside the eFrame function rather than before it, then you keep reassigning to the same variable name, rather than reusing the one object eg:

package {

import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.*;

public class Main extends MovieClip {


    private var boxAmount:Number=0;
    private var boxLimit:Number=16;


    private var _root:Object;
    public function Main() {

        addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, eFrame);

        addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, mouseclick);
    }

    private function eFrame(event:Event):void {
        if (boxAmount<=boxLimit) {
            boxAmount++;

            var _box:Box=new Box  ;

            _box.y=Math.random()*stage.stageHeight;

            _box.x=Math.random()*stage.stageWidth;

            addChild(_box);


        } else if (boxAmount >= boxLimit) {
            removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, eFrame);
        } else {
            addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, eFrame);





        }
    }
}
}