Re: removeChildByName??????????????

Help please....I can't remove my displayObject3Ds. Is this a know issue? I've tried 300 different ways......here is my code. What it does is fire bullets toward the top of the screen. I only what to display 10 bullets at a time..so I want to remove the ones I no longer need. Any thoughts paperVision makers?



package RWClass {
   
    import org.papervision3d.objects.DisplayObject3D;
    import org.papervision3d.objects.parsers.Collada;
    import org.papervision3d.objects.primitives.Plane;
    import org.papervision3d.materials.MovieMaterial;
    import org.papervision3d.core.proto.DisplayObjectContainer3D;
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.events.*;
    import fl.motion.*;
    import flash.utils.Timer;
    import fl.transitions.easing.*;
    import gs.*;

    public class Car extends DisplayObject3D {
       
        //private vars
        private var c:*;
        private var cCon:DisplayObject3D;
        private var pCon:DisplayObjectContainer3D;
        private var bulletTimer:Timer = new Timer(200);//bullets spawned    //fire bullets funct
        private var bulletTimer2:Timer = new Timer(100);//firing rate
        private var bullet:Sprite = new Bullet();
        private var randomX:Number = Math.floor(Math.random() * 700 - 350);
        private var p:Plane;
        private var planeArray:Array = new Array();
        private var bulletName:Number = 0;
        //vars passed from main for bullet x/y direction
        private var objX:Number;
        private var objZ:Number;
       
        //--CONSTRUCTOR
        public function Car(x:Number, z:Number) {
            //trace(x);
            //trace(z);
            objX = x;
            objZ = z;
            initalize();
        }//constructor
       
        //--INITALIZE
        private function initalize():void{
            pCon = new DisplayObjectContainer3D();
            //this.addChild(pCon);
            buildCars();
            addListeners();
        }
       
        //--ADD LISTENERS
        private function addListeners():void{
            bulletTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, fireBullets);
            bulletTimer2.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, plotPath);
        }
       
        //--BUILD CARS
        private function buildCars():void {
            //var p:* = new Plane();//new MovieMaterial(dust, false, true, false), 700, 1000);
            c = new Collada("Assets/dae/car.dae");
            cCon = new DisplayObject3D();
            cCon.addChild(c);
            addChild(cCon);
            //var t:* = new Collada("Assets/dae/hturret.dae");
            //--PLANE
            /*with (p) {
                rotationX = 270;
                x = 0;
                y = 0;
                z = -1000;
            }*/
            //--CAR
            with (cCon) {
                scale = .1;//.1 is ideal
                y = -450;
                rotationY = 180;
                rotationX = 270;
                rotationZ = 180;
                x = randomX;
            }
            //--TURRET
            /*with (t) {
                scale = .035;
                x = -30;//side to side
                y = 207;//up and down
                z = -280;//front to back
                //rotationY = 120;
            }*/
           
            TweenLite.to(cCon, 7, {delay:0, y:Math.random()*350 - 300});
           
            bulletTimer.start();
        }//--buildCars end
       
//____________________________________________________________________
//                                             BULLETS

        //-------FIRE BULLETS
        private function fireBullets(e:TimerEvent):void{
            p = new Plane(new MovieMaterial(bullet, false, true, false), 50, 10);
            with (p) {
                        rotationX = 270;
                        rotationY = 90;
                        x = 0;
                        y = 0;
                        z = 0;
                       
            }
            //trace(p.name);
            var doCon:* = new DisplayObject3D();
            with(doCon){
                scale = .4;
                y = cCon.y;
                x = cCon.x;
                rotationX = 20;
                addChild(p);
                name = "bullet";
            }
            addChild(doCon);
            pCon.addChild(doCon);
            planeArray.push(doCon);
            bulletTimer2.start();
           
            //trace(c.numChildren);
            if(planeArray.length > 10){
                planeArray.shift();
                pCon.removeChild(getChildByName("bullet"));
                trace(pCon.numChildren);
            }
           
           
            bulletName++;
        }
       
        //-------PLOT BULLET PATH
        private function plotPath(e:TimerEvent):void{
           
            for(var i:Number = 0; i < planeArray.length; i++){
                planeArray[i].moveUp(10);
            }
        }
    }//class
}//package





Daniel O' Brian <daniel.obrian@...> wrote:

Try

 

removeChild(getChildByName(‘instanceName’));

 

or if you’re looping through a range of objects

 

var n:uint  = 1;

while(getChildByName(‘instanceName’+n) {

removeChild(getChildByName(‘instanceName’+n));

n++;

}

 

D

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Sent: 04 June 2008 09:11
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Subject: [Papervision3D] removeChildByName??????????????

 

had anyone got the RemoveChildByName method of the DisplayObjectContainer3D class to work? I have been pulling my hair out trying to remove displayObject3D instances.

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