Flash with as3 problem

Question

Hello,

I want to make a game where a ship shoots through 2 fireguns. The problem is that it doesn't shoot. When i code to shoot from the ship it's working but not from the fireguns and i don't have any compile errors. Here is the code:

//variables

var steps:Number=10;
var left:Boolean=false;
var right:Boolean=false;
var cTime:Number=0;
var cLimit:Number=12;
var allowShoot:Boolean=true;

//functions

ship.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, moveShip);

function moveShip(event:Event):void {
    if (left) {
        ship.x-=steps;
    }
    if (right) {
        ship.x+=steps;
    }
    if (ship.x<=0+ship.width) {
        ship.x+=steps;
    }
    if (ship.x>=stage.stageWidth-ship.width) {
        ship.x-=steps;
    }
    if (cTime<cLimit) {
        cTime++;
    } else {
        allowShoot=true;
        cTime=0;
    }
}

stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, checkKeysDown);

function checkKeysDown(event:KeyboardEvent):void {
    if (event.keyCode==37) {
        left=true;
    }
    if (event.keyCode==39) {
        right=true;
    }
    if (event.keyCode==97&&allowShoot) {
        allowShoot=false;
        var bulletR:Bullet=new Bullet();
        bulletR.x=ship.gunR.x+ship.gunR.width/2-bulletR.width;
        bulletR.y=ship.gunR.y;
        addChild(bulletR);
    }
    if (event.keyCode==98&&allowShoot) {
        allowShoot=false;
        var bulletL:Bullet=new Bullet();
        bulletL.x=ship.x+ship.width/2;
        bulletL.y=ship.y;
        addChild(bulletL);
    }

    /*if (event.keyCode==98&&allowShoot) {
        allowShoot=false;
        var bulletL:Bullet=new Bullet();
        bulletL.x=ship.gunL.x+ship.gunL.width/2-bulletL.width;
        bulletL.y=ship.gunL.y;
        addChild(bulletL);
    }*/
}
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP, checkKeysUP);

function checkKeysUP(event:KeyboardEvent):void {
    if (event.keyCode==37) {
        left=false;
    }
    if (event.keyCode==39) {
        right=false;
    }
}

and here is the Bullet class:

package {

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

public class Bullet extends MovieClip {
    var _root:Object;
    var speed:Number=10;
    public function Bullet() {
        addEventListener(Event.ADDED, beginClass);
        addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, eFrame);
    }
    public function beginClass(event:Event):void {
        _root=MovieClip(root);
    }
    public function eFrame(event:Event):void {
        y-=speed;
        if (this.y<-1*this.height) {
            removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, eFrame);
            _root.removeChild(this);
        }
    }
}
}

Answer 1

The first piece of code, does it come out of a class? Or is it in your fla?

Have you checked with trace that Bullets are created? (and if so, that they are not immediately removed with _root.removeChild(this)?

Answer 2

ok an update

if (event.keyCode==97&&allowShoot) {
     allowShoot=false;
     var bulletR:Bullet=new Bullet();
     bulletR.x=ship.gunR.x;
     bulletR.y=ship.gunR.y;
     ship.addChild(bulletR);

adding the ship to the addChild the bullet is now appearing on stage but after a few pixels of moving the bullet is freezing and i get:

ArgumentError: Error #2025: The supplied DisplayObject must be a child of the caller. at flash.display::DisplayObjectContainer/removeChild() at Bullet/eFrame()

any ideas? thx