Removing objects upon touch?

Games
#1

So I’m making a little game and I have multiple instances of the same object on the screen at one time. I want it so that when you tap on an object it removes itself. But right now if I tap on an instance of that object, instead of removing the one I tap on, it removes the most recent instance of it.

The relevant code:

[lua]

–adds asteroids

function newAsteroid1()

    Asteroid1 = display.newImageRect( “Asteroid.png”, 20, 50 )

    Asteroid1.y = display.contentHeight

    Asteroid1.x = math.random( 0, 320 )

    moveAsteroid1()

    Asteroid1:addEventListener( “touch”, onTouchA1 )

end

–removes asteroids

function onTouchA1( event )

    if event.phase == “began” then

        audio.play(explosion, {loops=0} )

        display.remove( Asteroid1 )

        moveSpeed = moveSpeed - 10

        

    end

end

[/lua]

#2

Change line 15 of your code posted above to:

display.remove( event.target )

#3

Thanks! That fixed it.

#4

What if there is no event to remove the object? Say for instance I am trying to remove an object without a user event. I am having the same problem that the most recent one is being removed.

#5

If you want to remove an object without using an event, you have to keep its reference in some variable.    Hard to be more specific without seeing code.   

#6

Change line 15 of your code posted above to:

display.remove( event.target )

#7

Thanks! That fixed it.

#8

What if there is no event to remove the object? Say for instance I am trying to remove an object without a user event. I am having the same problem that the most recent one is being removed.

#9

If you want to remove an object without using an event, you have to keep its reference in some variable.    Hard to be more specific without seeing code.