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Defining ObjectTypes in TorqueScript

by Samuel Cartwright · in Torque Game Builder · 04/25/2009 (8:56 pm) · 1 replies

I'm trying to make sense of this article, but so far I cannot get it working:
http://tdn.garagegames.com/wiki/Torque_2D/GenreTutorials/StrategyUnitCreation#Scripting_our_data.cs_and_objectTypes.cs

I want to have a custom ObjectType that uses the StaticSprite type as its base, and then create new sprites using something like: %coin = new t2dStaticSprite(Coin);

Am I totally of on how to use this? Should I be using datablocks instead, and if so, can someone explain what this article is talking about and where to use it?

Ideally I'd like to do something like this: %coin = new Coin();
But I assume such a thing is not possible without modifying the C++ source (I'm looking for a pure TorqueScript implementation).

Thanks,
Sam
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Torque Owner Samuel Cartwright
Samuel Cartwright
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04/25/2009 (9:51 pm)
OK, I think I've figured this out now.

First, I need to create a sprite to use as a template so I can clone it to create new sprite objects with the same properties:
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
// initObjectTypes()
//
// This function will initialize all the object types
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
function initObjectTypes()
{  
   // this will create a base sprite object which we can clone to make a 
   // new sprite.
   // It will never be visible because it has not been added to the scenegraph
   new t2dStaticSprite( CoinTemplate )
   {
      class = "Coin";   
      colour = $red;
      freeFall = false;   
      imageMap = "puzzleBlock_1ImageMap";
      frame = "0";
      canSaveDynamicFields = "1";
      Position = "-22.500 -16.197";
      size = "5.000 5.000";
      CollisionActiveSend = "1";
      CollisionActiveReceive = "1";
      CollisionPhysicsSend = "0";
      CollisionPhysicsReceive = "0";
      CollisionCallback = "1";
   };
}

Then when I use it, I should create a new Sprite object using the named sprite I just created as the CopySource
%coin = new t2dStaticSprite(:CoinTemplate);

Does that look like I'm on the right track?