MouseEvent.CLICK Problem i think...

Question

I am making a game that wil be included in a school project. its a basic shoot the alien type game. My problem is that it will not respond to a mouse click at all. The weired thing is using the same exact code just changing the event to MOUSE_OVER instead of CLICK it works fine. But I want it to work on the click. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Heres my code for the game_alien class:
package  {
     import flash.display.MovieClip;
     import flash.events.MouseEvent;
     public class game_alien extends MovieClip{
          private var health = 2;
          public function game_alien() {
               this.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, hit); //here is the problem
          private function hit(event:MouseEvent) {
               trace(health);
               health--;
               if (health == 1){
                  this.gotoAndPlay("first_hit");
               if (health == 0){
                    this.gotoAndPlay("end");
                    parent.removeChild(this);
and i dont know if this would help anything but here is the code for the game class which encapsulates the game_alien object:
package  {
     import flash.display.MovieClip;
     import flash.events.MouseEvent;
     import flash.ui.Mouse;
     public class game extends MovieClip{
          var new_cursor:Cursor = new Cursor();
          var alien:game_alien = new game_alien();
          public function game() {
               changeCursor();
               addAlien();
          private function addAlien(){
               addChild(alien);
          public function changeCursor(){
               Mouse.hide();
               stage.addChild(new_cursor);
               new_cursor.startDrag(true);
Also it isnt throwing any errors or message to the output box (besides my trace statement ). Its kinda like due in two days two so any response on the idea is realllyyyyy apreciated thanks

Answer 1

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