Adding and removing children in AS3?

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So, I'm trying to do this sort of thing where, if Cosmo.hitTestObject, Asteroid 5 should be removed, however I want it immediately added back at a different position, so the hit test isn't triggered automatically. How would I go about doing this?

var nCount1:Number = 0;
timer_Text1.text = nCount1.toString();
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,massCollect);

function massCollect(e:Event) {
    if (Cosmo.hitTestObject(Asteroid5)) {
        removeChild(Asteroid5);
        nCount1++;
        timer_Text1.text = nCount1.toString();
    }
    if (nCount1 == 5) {
        gotoAndStop(351, "Scene 1");
        removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,massCollect);
    }
}

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 16 '13 at 05:45

I would go with something like this:

var nCount1:Number = 0;
timer_Text1.text = nCount1.toString();
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, massCollect);

function massCollect(e:Event) {
    if (Cosmo.hitTestObject(Asteroid5)) {
        while (Cosmo.hitTestObject(Asteroid5) {
            Asteroid5.x = Math.floor(MAX_WIDTH * Math.random());
            Asteroid5.y = Math.floor(MAX_HEIGHT * Math.random());
        }
        removeChild(Asteroid5);
        nCount1++;
        timer_Text1.text = nCount1.toString();
    }
    if (nCount1 == 5) {
        gotoAndStop(351, "Scene 1");
        removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, massCollect);
    }
}

Adding and removing children in AS3?

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