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[CraigStern]

You mean, the religion where people worship Anu? I haven't revealed that yet. :P

[Duskling]

If you get done with making games, what will you do next? Other than being a lawyer...?

[CraigStern]

Who knows? I like writing. I like music. But as it is, I'm happy making games, and I don't see myself stopping.

[Zackirus]

Do have any other plans for Mahboob's Basment or are you going to keep it as it is

[spoiler]With it's one treasure chest[/spoiler]

Or it could have something on it already but who knows?

[Duskling]

But as it is, I'm happy making games, and I don't see myself stopping.

THANK GOD!

[Bromtaghon]

Why did the Cult hide books instead of burning them/destroying them?
Will Azma return?
Is the collaboration mission featuring Gelf ever making it in to TSoG?
How much health does Nelis have on normal?

[algebra15]

I ended up doing a hitTest for the waves, because the Timer always hit too soon or too late.

Now I'm writing the program for the waves, but a few problems occur.

     Once the wave occurs, a Timer is created to manage when the monsters come out of the tent.
On the timer, a monster drawing function is incurred, and the monster is created using several variables for the type of monster, which wave it's from, and which way it has to go.
The problem? If I use a Timer, TimerEvent is the only argument I can use, and no info about the monster. If I use a level-wide variable, the function won't make any more monsters of one type if the next wave overlaps. If I set the value of the monster-making function within the other function, I don't have to use a Timer, but when I use the term "this", it no longer refers to the level and says that "addChild" is not a valid function of "[object global]".  If AS3 had a simple "delay" function, this wouldn't be a problem, because I could just use a "for" loop
     I was thinking about making a MonsterMaker class that would; have a Timer, a class-wide variable for attributes (all the monsters within a wave are going to be very similar), and only handles one wave.
     Do you think this would work?

This is some of the failed code.

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public function drawMonsters(wave, type, numbers, interval):void {
var releaseTimer:Timer = new Timer(interval*1000, numbers);
releaseTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, drawMonster);
releaseTimer.start();

function drawMonster(t:TimerEvent):void {
monster = new Monster(wave, type, passageWay);
monster.addEventListener(MonsterEvent.DEAD, onMonsterDeath);
trace(this);
this.addChild(monster);
trace(l, type);
l++;
}

}
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[Bromtaghon]

If you start a thread in the Forum Games, does it count?

[CraigStern]

If I set the value of the monster-making function within the other function, I don't have to use a Timer, but when I use the term "this", it no longer refers to the level and says that "addChild" is not a valid function of "[object global]".

You don't need to use this--just type addChild(monster); and it will add monster as a child of the current class.

If you start a thread in the Forum Games, does it count?

Towards what? Post count? I don't believe so.

[Bromtaghon]

I mean to the number of threads started.

Since Spriggats can be referred to as Shadowlings, do Shadowlings (the floating smoky orb ones) have another name also?

[Duskling]

I believe not, since they are never referred to as anything but Shadowlings, plus only anything within the Shadowling Empire can be called Shadowling.

[Bromtaghon]

Is it possible to change a non-poll topic into a poll topic?

[Duskling]

Yes, but only if it is your topic, you can change it into a poll via the "add poll" button.

[Duskling]

Is there a way to turn the enemies in the map editor of TSoG?

[CraigStern]

You mean, determine their rotation by hand? Nah--that's all handled automatically by the battle engine when the map loads.