how can i make a private function into a class that my main.as file will call upon and work within the code.
for example, i hav this class:
private function createObjects():void {
//create generic object for the player
playerObject=new Object();
playerObject.arrayIndex=0;
playerObject.x=200;
playerObject.y=200;
playerObject.dx=0;
playerObject.dy=0;
playerObject.movex=0;
playerObject.movey=0;
playerObject.acceleration=.1;
playerObject.maxVelocity=6;
playerObject.friction=.001;
playerObject.centerx=playerObject.x+spriteWidth;
playerObject.centery=playerObject.y+spriteHeight;
playerRect=new Rectangle(0,0,spriteWidth*2,spriteHeight*2);
playerPoint=new Point(playerObject.x,playerObject.y);
//init canvas and display bitmap for canvas
canvasBD=new BitmapData(400,400,false,0x000000);
canvasBitmap=new Bitmap(canvasBD);
//init background
backgroundSource=new Background();
backgroundBD=new BitmapData(400,400,false,0x000000);
backgroundBD.draw(backgroundSource,new Matrix());
backgroundRect=new Rectangle(0,0,400,400);
backgroundPoint=new Point(0,0);
//part 3 init tilesheet for missiles
aMissile=[];
aMissileAnimation=[];
missleTileSheet=new missile_sheet(40,4);
var tilesPerRow:int=10;
var tileSize:int=4;
for (var tileNum=0;tileNum<10;tileNum++) {
var sourceX:int=(tileNum % tilesPerRow)*tileSize;
var sourceY:int=(int(tileNum/tilesPerRow))*tileSize;
var tileBitmapData:BitmapData=new BitmapData(tileSize,tileSize,true,0x00000000);
tileBitmapData.copyPixels(missleTileSheet,new Rectangle(sourceX,sourceY,tileSize,tileSize),new Point(0,0));
aMissileAnimation.push(tileBitmapData);
}
//added in part 4
createFarmParticles();
frameTimer=new FrameTimer(this,140,0,canvasBD);
}
this class creats the objects and places them on the grid on the stage, could i make this into its own class to keep it seperate from my code, from what i understand it is best to do this to keep everything neat and in order.
this class would hav to become a public class (right?) and called upon from my main.as to use it with my code, and the variables would hav to be defined (pretty sure). how do i define these variables?
the top of my main.as file looks like this:
package {
import flash.display.Bitmap;
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.TimerEvent;
import flash.utils.Timer;
import flash.display.BitmapData;
import flash.geom.*;
import flash.events.*;
import ActiveGraph.*;
//** added for part 3
import flash.utils.getTimer;
//*** added for part 4
import FrameTimer;
public class Main extends MovieClip {
var aRotation:Array=[];
var aShipAnimation:Array=[];
var shipAnimationArrayLength:int;
var ship:Ship;
var shipHolder:MovieClip;
var animationTimer:Timer;
var animationCounter:int;
var playerObject:Object;
var canvasBD:BitmapData;
var canvasBitmap:Bitmap;
var backgroundBD:BitmapData;
var backgroundSource:Background;
var gameTimer:Timer;
var backgroundRect:Rectangle;
var backgroundPoint:Point;
var playerRect:Rectangle;
var playerPoint:Point;
var aKeyPress:Array=[];
var spriteHeight:int=20;
var spriteWidth:int=20;
//** part 2 variables
var aAsteroidAnimation:Array=[];
var asteroidAnimationTimer:Timer;
var asteroidHolder:RockToCache;
var asteroidFrames:int=12;
var aRock:Array=[];
var level:int=1;
var rockPoint:Point=new Point(0,0);
var rockRect:Rectangle=new Rectangle(0,0,36,36);
var levelRocksCreated:Boolean=false;
//*** part 3 variables
var missleTileSheet:BitmapData;
var aMissileAnimation:Array;
var aMissile:Array; //holds missile objects fires
var missileSpeed:int=4;
var missileWidth:int=4;
var missileHeight:int=4;
var missileArrayLength=10;
var missilePoint:Point=new Point(0,0);
var missileRect:Rectangle=new Rectangle(0,0,4,4);
var missileMaxLife:int=50;
var missileFireDelay:Number=100;
var lastMissileShot:Number=getTimer();
//*** part 4 variables
var missileLen:int;
var missileCtr:int;
var tempMissile:Object;
var tempRock:Object;
var rockLen:int;
var rockCtr:int;
var aFarmParticle:Array=[];
var aActiveParticle:Array=[];
var maxParticles:int=500;
var maxPartsPerExplode:int=40;
var explodeCtr:int;
var tempPart:Object;
var farmLen:int;
var randIntVector:int;
var randIntFrame:int;
var activeLen:int;
var partCtr:int;
var partMaxSpeed:int=2;
var partMaxLife:int=50;
var partMinLife:int=10;
var removePart:Boolean=false;
var partPoint:Point=new Point(0,0);
var partRect:Rectangle=new Rectangle(0,0,4,4);
//part 4 optimizations
var randInt:int;
var randInt2:int;
var ctr:int;
var frameTimer:FrameTimer;
var startBox:StartBox;
var ag:ActiveGraph;
what would i hav to alter here so that it works? thank you for any and all help
-joey
