Mount questions

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fxSceneObject2D - The object to be mounted to. Any object can be mounted, including
chains of objects but circular loops of mounts are not allowed e.g. you try to mount an object
which itself is mounted to something else which in turn, somewhere is mounted back to this
object.
offsetX/Y Defines the mount-point which is this offset from the target objects pivot-point.
mountForce - The force constantly applied to the object allowing it to 'chase' the specified
mount point. This allows you to have a non-rigid mount on the object which, if it moves, this
object will 'chase' the mount point using this force. A force of 0 indicates that the mount is
rigid and will track the mount-point perfectly every frame (this is the default).
trackRotation? Specifies that when mounted, should this object track the target objects
rotation e.g. rotate with it. The object will constantly track its mount-point which will mean that
it may rotate around the object (if it had a large offset from the target object) but rotation here
means that the object also rotates around its own pivot-point. The default is true.
sendToMount? Indicates whether the object should be sent directly to the specified mount
point immediately. If this is not specified then the object will immediately start moving towards
the mount-point. If the mountForce is 0 then the object will move to the mount-point on the
next frame anyway, regardless of this setting. The default is true.
ownedByMount? Indicates whether the object is to be owned by the object its mounting to.
What this means is that when the object that we're mounting to, is deleted, this object is
automatically deleted. This is extremely useful for objects that are mounted that you don't
want to explicitly track. The default is true.
inheritAttributes? Indicates whether the object inherits attributes from the object being
mounted to. At the moment, the following atributes are inherited:-
- Enabled, Visible and Flip.
When the object is dismounted, these attributes are not restored to their previous settings
before the object was mounted, the changes are permanent. The default is true.
NOTE:- Using an offset of (0,0); both objects will be aligned using their pivot-points. For
instance, if one object has the pivot-point at top/left and the other center/center then the fully
mounted objects will overlap with the top/left and center/center of the objects at the same
position. You can mount as many objects to another object as you require, there are no limits
apart from a small computational increase.
This function returns the "link-index" which can be used by "getLinkPoint()" to retrieve the
current position of the mount-point. Note that the mount is placed onto the object that's being
mounted-to and not the object that's mounting. The function will return "-1" if the mount is
invalid for any reason.

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    //
    // Add your custom code here...
    //
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    createPlayer();
    createCompanion();
}

function createPlayer ()
{
    datablock fxImageMapDatablock2D(playershipImageMap)
    {
        mode = full;
        textureName = "~/client/images/brick";
    };
    $player = new fxStaticSprite2D() { scenegraph = t2dSceneGraph; };
    $player.setPosition("-50 25");
    $player.setSize( "10 10" );
    $player.setImageMap( playershipImageMap );
    schedule(2000, 0, "playerAccelerateRight");
}

function playerAccelerateRight()
{
    %xVel = $player.getLinearVelocityX();
    if(%xVel < 30)
    {
        schedule(30, 0, "playerAccelerateRight");
        %xVel ++;
        $player.setLinearVelocityX( %xVel );
    }
}

function createCompanion ()
{
    datablock fxImageMapDatablock2D(cannonImageMap)
    {
        mode = full;
        textureName = "~/client/images/brick";
    };
    $companion = new fxStaticSprite2D() { scenegraph = t2dSceneGraph; };
    $companion.setSize( "10 10" );
    $companion.setImageMap( cannonImageMap );
    $companion.setAutoRotation(10);
    $companion.mount($player, "0 -2", 0);
}