Trouble with instances

[jmlima]

Trying to summarize:

I create and display a set of 'cards' , drawn from a deck, in the stage.
The displayed objects are instances of the movieclip objects from which they are created.

I then want to get a listener so that when you click on one of these cards they are removed from the screen, and added to an array to form a new deck from which later they can be dealt.

This is where I have a problem, when I click on them, all I can add to the new deck are their instance names, which prevents me from displaying them again (using addChild) or even from removing them (using removeChild).

The question:

Is there a way I can create a new object when I click on these instances, and add that object to the new deck array, so that I can use addchild and display them later?

Any help appreciated!

[-:)lauri]

As far as you call the movieclip, there shouldn't be any problems in adding, removing and again adding movieclips on the stage.

[jmlima]

Originally Posted by -:)lauri

As far as you call the movieclip, there shouldn't be any problems in adding, removing and again adding movieclips on the stage.

hmm... right. Let me see, this is the code I'm using to add the clicked card onto a new deck (an array basically) :

function addOpponent(event:MouseEvent):void
{
var newOpp:MovieClip = MovieClip(event.currentTarget);
deckOpponent.push(newOpp);
trace(deckOpponent);
removeChild(newOpp);

}

The result of the trace noted above is the following once 4 cards have been clicked:

[object Cards],[object Cards],[object Cards],[object Cards]

So I cannot really figure how to get these objects to display again...

[[afz]snickelfitz]

it would probably be some variation of this:

var index:int = 0;
var c:Cards = deckOpponent[index] as Cards;
addChild(c);

[jmlima]

Originally Posted by [afz]snickelfitz

it would probably be some variation of this:

var index:int = 0;
var c:Cards = deckOpponent[index] as Cards;
addChild(c);

Tried that, and if does pop a card from the deck, but does not show the graphics of the movieclip, only the contour?

(movieclip have got a texture graphic)

[[afz]snickelfitz]

Not sure how your movieclip is composed.
Does the movieclip have multiple frames?
Maybe you're not on the correct frame.

[jmlima]

Originally Posted by [afz]snickelfitz

Not sure how your movieclip is composed.
Does the movieclip have multiple frames?
Maybe you're not on the correct frame.

You're right, it's a question of frames. It is getting a 'card object' from the deck, and showing the first frame in the deck timeline, which is a blank contour.

Now the question is how to make it show the correct frame...

[[afz]snickelfitz]

Store the frame number in a dynamic property. (MovieClip class is dynamic)
Generic concept:

card.frameNumber = card.currentFrame;
array.push(card);

You can then access correct frame using the frameNumber property.
Generic concept:

card.gotoAndStop(card.frameNumber);

[jmlima]

Thanks for the tip. It got me thinking and realizing, my issue was not so much with frames, but with labels. What I needed was a way to get the label of the cards on the screen to a new array so that I could pop the cards later, what I ended up doing was the following:

function addOpponent(event:MouseEvent):void
{
var newOpp:String;
newOpp = newCardS.currentLabel;
deckOpponent.push(newOpp);
removeChild(newCardS);

}

Originally Posted by [afz]snickelfitz

Store the frame number in a dynamic property. (MovieClip class is dynamic)
Generic concept:

card.frameNumber = card.currentFrame;
array.push(card);

You can then access correct frame using the frameNumber property.
Generic concept:

card.gotoAndStop(card.frameNumber);