It would be nice if there was a method that changed the texture array from a MovieClip, so we will be able to change a MovieClip without having to create another MovieClip and disposing the previous one.
Would be useful in games like mine where you have a unit, and upgrade it, so I don't have to dispose the previous MovieClip, create a new one with the new textures and replace it.
I'll add that to my todo list, Daniel, thanks for the suggestion!
I think I may have a temporary solution for this until Daniel creates a permanent solution. In the MovieClip class I add the following method:
public function switchAnimation(newFrames:Vector.<Texture>):void
{
mTextures = newFrames;
stop();
var restTime:Number = mCurrentTime - mTotalTime;
mCurrentTime = mTotalTime;
advanceTime(restTime);
for (var i:int = 0; i < newFrames.length; i++)
{
setFrameTexture(i , newFrames[i]);
}
play();
}
This simply inserts the new textures over the old ones and adjusts the length of the new texture array. I've been testing it and it so far seems to work properly. Perhaps this may help.
Edit: I have run into one problem that I'm currently working on. If you switch from a texture with more frames than the previous texture you started with, an index error occurs.
Hey Spektral, let me know if you correct the bug. I'm looking forward to this.
I think I got it, I took a different approach, the solution was actually right in front of me all along and much easier:
public function switchAnimation(newFrames:Vector.<Texture>, framesps:Number=12):void
{
if (newFrames.length > 0)
{
mDefaultFrameDuration = 1.0 / framesps;
mLoop = true;
mPlaying = true;
mTotalTime = 0.0;
mCurrentTime = 0.0;
mCurrentFrame = 0;
mTextures = new <Texture>[];
mSounds = new <Sound>[];
mDurations = new <Number>[];
mStartTimes = new <Number>[];
for each (var texture:Texture in newFrames)
addFrame(texture);
}
else
{
throw new ArgumentError("Empty texture array");
}
//ensures the new clip plays from frame 1
stop();
//Resume loop
play();
}
I basically re-used the constructor code to reset the animation. I've been testing it and so far it seems to work. I still have to test it with sound to see if that gets messed up when you change textures, but so far it seems good. Hope this helps.
Thank you. I'm gonna try it!
I tried this and the animation played. But, my sprites have the white space trimmed and they did not display correctly. They look like they were using the bounding and sizes of the previous animation.
Individually, those animations do play correctly. They just look wrong when using this method. Any ideas on how to fix that? Thanks.
EDIT: I figured it out. You need to call "readjustSize()" at the end of that new method.
If you're on the head revision of Starling ( not sure when this function was introduced ) you can simply use the following.
public function swapTextures(textures:Vector.<Texture>, fps:Number):void { init( textures, fps ); readjustSize(); stop() }
It almost looks as if the init function was made for this purpose. This has worked perfectly thus far.
Are there any plans of adding such a 'swapTexture' function to the framework?
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