No Object Oriented ! Aaaaaahhhhhhhhh !

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

Hi so I just switched from unity3d to corona sdk :)  and i am having trouble organizing display objects. (cuz UniTy be hell-a costly) :angry:

for example: I have created 100 display objects, Display object number 74 is Steve and Display Object number 4 is Kate; :huh:

how do i say Steve.strength=100;

how do i tell Steve to transition to Kate.position;

should I put them is a table? should I create a class? :blink:

I am super stumped I’v already created art assets but i cant figure out this display object stuff.

Thanks in Advance

#2

Yep, put the in a table, and I would say, yes, create a class. That would allow you to say - although this is a poor example:

local myObjects = {} -- create an empty table myObjects[4] = class.newObject("Steve", 0, 100) -- where the parameters are name, x and y position myObjects[74] = class.newObject("Kate", 200, 400)   myObjects[4].strength = 100 transition.to(myObjects[4].image, {time = 500, x = myObjects[74].x, y = myObjects[74].y})

That’s a start - of course you’ll need to create a class for this to work! Do you want to be able to call your objects by their name (Steve, Kate, …) or is a number okay for you?

#3

Well now, there go the code tags… If someone from Corona is reading this: seriously, fix this new forum. Pretty soon I won’t bother posting at all, due to how irritating all the bugs and usability problems are.

#4

You have to use [] instead of < > now.

Still not being able to tab indent is really annoying when trying to post code, and it seems to ignore the indentations made using the buttons on the toolbar too.

#5

Thanks Nick, that helped - weirdly a couple of days ago the old tags still worked.

#6

Yep, put the in a table, and I would say, yes, create a class. That would allow you to say - although this is a poor example:

local myObjects = {} -- create an empty table myObjects[4] = class.newObject("Steve", 0, 100) -- where the parameters are name, x and y position myObjects[74] = class.newObject("Kate", 200, 400) &nbsp; myObjects[4].strength = 100 transition.to(myObjects[4].image, {time = 500, x = myObjects[74].x, y = myObjects[74].y})

That’s a start - of course you’ll need to create a class for this to work! Do you want to be able to call your objects by their name (Steve, Kate, …) or is a number okay for you?

#7

Well now, there go the code tags… If someone from Corona is reading this: seriously, fix this new forum. Pretty soon I won’t bother posting at all, due to how irritating all the bugs and usability problems are.

#8

You have to use [] instead of < > now.

Still not being able to tab indent is really annoying when trying to post code, and it seems to ignore the indentations made using the buttons on the toolbar too.

#9

Thanks Nick, that helped - weirdly a couple of days ago the old tags still worked.