object:removeSelf() causes error in mte.lua (Attempt to call method 'setFillColor' (a nil value))

Million Tile Engine
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Screenshot: http://screencast.com/t/j4blyXVG7cA

Here is my code that triggers it:

if value[“contents”] == “treasure” then

                    if(sprites[key].sequence == “closed”) then

                        sprites[key]:setSequence(“treasure”)–objects[1].properties.contents

                    elseif(sprites[key].sequence == “treasure”) then

                        --take it

                        --destroy it

                        sprites[key]:removeSelf()     <-----THIS LINE

                    

                            

                    end

                end

2

Removing a sprite using removeSelf does not clean up the other variables referencing that sprite. Replacing it with mte.removeSprite(sprites[key]) should fix the problem.

3

Perfect Dyson! Thank you. 

Would you be interested in being paid to handle certain programming tasks for my game sometime?

4

I appreciate the offer, but my focus will be on MTE and Coronastein3D for the foreseeable future. 

5

Removing a sprite using removeSelf does not clean up the other variables referencing that sprite. Replacing it with mte.removeSprite(sprites[key]) should fix the problem.

6

Perfect Dyson! Thank you. 

Would you be interested in being paid to handle certain programming tasks for my game sometime?

7

I appreciate the offer, but my focus will be on MTE and Coronastein3D for the foreseeable future.