hitTest in a little game

[mullwaden]

Im trying to do a simple little zelda rpg kind of game. I've made a little box that moves around now i want him to stop when i hits a certain object. I've made it work if that object is in the root of the movie (just like the moveable box), but if i put it inside another movieclip it doesn't work so basically:

doen't work
if (gubbe.hitTest(main.walls.wall)) {
} else if (Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)) {
this._x -= this.speed;
gubbe._rotation = 180;
}
works
if (gubbe.hitTest(wall)) {
} else if (Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)) {
this._x -= this.speed;
gubbe._rotation = 180;
}

[boyzdynasty]

do have the correct path to wall?

_root -> main -> walls -> wall ?

hmm...it depends also where this if statement is located.

[mullwaden]

its located in the root of the movie. In the root i have 3 layers one contains all the actionscripting, the other the moveable box and the third a movieclip in which i intend to implement the rest of the game (ie walls and stuff)

[mullwaden]

its weird, flash finds my wall wall when i use the target path button

[boyzdynasty]

ok...

try

if (gubbe.hitTest(_root.main.walls.wall)) {....}

[mullwaden]

eeek i get tons of errors :S

[mullwaden]

heh ... maybe i can send it to you and can have a look? got msn or icq or irc ?

[mullwaden]

hmm seems that if i changed the name of main to something else it worked .... weird