Remove group and repopulate it shortly after

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

Hello fellow Corona Developers,

I have been having some troubles with object removal through group. All I am trying to accomplish is to remove a group, and shortly after repopulate the same group with newer objects.

and here go() function is as follows:

  
 local go = function(total, grupo)  
  
  
 local temp = math.random(1, #imagesTable)  
 randYVal = \_H\*0.5+310  
 randXVal = \_W\*0.5   
  
for i = 1, total do  
 local spawns = spawn(  
  
 {  
 image = imagesTable[temp],  
 objTable = spawnTable,  
 density = 0.026,  
 hasBody = true,  
 friction = 1.0,  
 bounce = 0.2,  
 radius = 23,  
 bodyType = "dynamic",  
 x = math.random(43, \_W\*0.5),  
 y = math.random( -\_H\*0.5 + 264 , -\_H\*0.5 + 276 ),   
 group = grupo or heartGroup,   
 }  
  
 )  
 --add eventListener to all of the spawned objects  
 spawns:addEventListener("touch", onTouch)   
 spawns:addEventListener("collision", onCollision)  
  
  
end  
  
  
  
 end

Here’s my short code snippet where I am trying to clean the heartGroup by using jonathan Beebes at al cleangroup.lua and then repopulate it immediately.

I am able to clean the group - remove all objects, but then when go(0) [/code] is called, which it’s intent is to put a new set of objects on screen, nothing happens.

Clearly it’s cleaning all the object, even the new ones, just spawned. I have tried to increment the timer to a higher value in hopes that it wouldn’t clean the new objects, but no luck.

Any help will be highly appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

<br> <br>.<br>.<br>.<br> if ( wave_counter == 1) then<br> <br> cleanGroup( heartGroup) <br> heartGroup = nil <br> <br> goTimer = timer.performWithDelay(1945, go(0), 0)<br><br> [import]uid: 75258 topic_id: 26979 reply_id: 326979[/import]