[AS2] Moving Platforms Problem

[Gfizzle]

I have been having this problem for a while. Basically, I am trying to get the instance "Player" to move with the moving platform while on top of it.

I got the script to work, but it only works if the platform is not in a movie clip. The script is put on the platform movieclip.

onClipEvent (load) {
distx = 0;
disty = 0;
pos = 0;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
pos={x:_x, y:_y};
if (_root.Player.hitTest(this)) {
_root.Player._x = pos.x+distx;
_root.Player._y = pos.y-disty;
if (Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)) {
distx -= 5;
}
if (Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)) {
distx += 5;
}
} else {
distx = _root.Player._x-pos.x;
disty = _root.Player._y-pos.y;
}
}

However, I need the platform to be inside a movieclip, but I can't seem to make the script work properly. Is it possible to convert the variable pos to global coordinates?

One last thing, the platform does not have a certain speed or direction. It will be moving around in an animation. It does not have an instance name because I am going to have multiple.

[Flashtoo]

Pseudocode:

// This IS NOT actual working code.
globalX = localX + parentX;
// And
globalY = localY + parenty;

In your case, this would be:

// This IS actual working code
globalpos={x:_x+_parent._x, y:_y+_parent._y};

Please not that this only works for movieclips inside another movieclip, with the latter being on the main timeline. For a movieclip in a movieclip in a movieclip, use

globalX = localX + _parent._x + _parent._parent._x

I hope you see how this works, ask me if you don't.

[Gfizzle]

It worked. Thanks.