Hit size issues within a MC

Question

Hi all! I have a small problem. I have a MC with this code.
This plays a small animation inside the MC.
An thumbnail of a car that has a mask over the top that
expands to show the rest of the car. Now, the hit size of the MC
starts off as just the thumbnail (small) but when the expand
happens the size of the hit area has also expanded to the same size
as the car (big). This does not work for me, not one little bit, as
I have other images in a row. As you can see I have code in place
so that the MC that is being rolled over is at the front
(overlaping the image below).
In short, I need the hit size to stay small. How can I do
this?? I am more than happy to send the .fla to anyone that need's
to see what I mean.
Thanks all!

Answer 1

So I don't know if your like me but, I hate not knowing if a
problem has been solved or not, so for the benefit of everyone else
having the same issue I fixed the proble and I'm replying to myself
with the fix.
To solve the problem of setting a hit state to a different MC
this is what I have done.
I have a movieClip with the ainmation start on the rollOver
and play in reverse on rollOut. Whilst at the same time have the
image stay infront of the mpvieClip to the left or right (the
ainmation is a mask layer over a large picture, expanding from a
small square to show the whole image). The rollOver, rollOut
effect, and set that movieClip to rest on top was an easy one to
set with this code.
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (this.hitTest(_root._xmouse, _root._ymouse, true)) {
this.nextFrame();
} else {
this.prevFrame();
on (rollOver) {
_root.x += 2;
_root.img_01_Mc.swapDepths(_root.x);
Great! But this is where my issue came into effect! The hit
area size incressed with the animation. Making the whole effect
look rubbish. As you would have to move all the way out of the
movieClip to get to the next. So the way around this is to creat a
movieClip ontop of the "animated movieClip" and set the "Alpha" to
0% and then attach this code.
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (this.hitTest(_root._xmouse, _root._ymouse, true)) {
_root.img_01_Mc.nextFrame();
} else {
_root.img_01_Mc.prevFrame();
on (rollOver) {
_root.x +=2;
_root.img_01_Mc.swapDepths(_root.x);
Sorry this is so long, but I appreciate when people give a
"lay-mans" explanation for the "n00bz" out there.
So with that said, a break down of the code>
"if (this.hitTest(_root._x..."
"this." refers to: the movieClip with the Alpha set to 0%,
to which the code is attached.
"hitTest" refers to: if the mouse pointer is on the
movieClip then start the animation "img_01_mc". Which is called
into effect with "_root.img_01_Mc.nextFrame();" this plays the
animation forwards.
"else {" refers to: if the mouse pointer is no longer over
the movieClip (with alpha 0%) then play the animation backwards by
calling this part of the code into effect
"_root.img_01_Mc.prevFrame();", and the the animation begins to
play in reverse.
The last part of the code is simple.
on (rollOver) {
_root.x += 2;
_root.img_01_Mc.swapDepths(_root.x);
this just tells the movieClip "img_01_Mc" to sit ontop of
other movieClips to the left or right if the mouse is on the hit
area.
All this said and done. It might be a little hard to follow
without seeing what I'm talking about. So if you want the .fla just
ask and I will be more than happy to send it to any one that would
like it!
Happy "Flashing"
All the best,
Satrop