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373 <title>Object Class Reference</title>
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376 <div id="header">
377 <h1>Object Class Reference</h1>
378 <div id="toc">
379 <div id="toctitle">Table of Contents</div>
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381 </div>
382 </div>
383 <h2>1. Attributes</h2>
384 <div class="sectionbody">
385 <p><em>Italics</em> means private (in the sense that they shouldn't be set manually).</p>
386 <div class="tableblock">
387 <table rules="all"
388 frame="hsides"
389 cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4">
390 <col width="148" />
391 <col width="240" />
392 <thead>
393 <tr>
394 <th align="left">
395 Attribute
396 </th>
397 <th align="left">
398 Description
399 </th>
400 </tr>
401 </thead>
402 <tbody valign="top">
403 <tr>
404 <td align="left">
406 </td>
407 <td align="left">
408 x position (on screen)
409 </td>
410 </tr>
411 <tr>
412 <td align="left">
414 </td>
415 <td align="left">
416 y position (on screen)
417 </td>
418 </tr>
419 <tr>
420 <td align="left">
422 </td>
423 <td align="left">
424 width
425 </td>
426 </tr>
427 <tr>
428 <td align="left">
430 </td>
431 <td align="left">
432 height
433 </td>
434 </tr>
435 <tr>
436 <td align="left">
437 x_offset
438 </td>
439 <td align="left">
440 drawing offset
441 </td>
442 </tr>
443 <tr>
444 <td align="left">
445 y_offset
446 </td>
447 <td align="left">
448 drawing offset
449 </td>
450 </tr>
451 <tr>
452 <td align="left">
453 angle
454 </td>
455 <td align="left">
456 movement heading in degrees
457 </td>
458 </tr>
459 <tr>
460 <td align="left">
461 speed
462 </td>
463 <td align="left">
464 speed (in pixels/update)
465 </td>
466 </tr>
467 <tr>
468 <td align="left">
469 image
470 </td>
471 <td align="left">
472 image of the Object
473 </td>
474 </tr>
475 <tr>
476 <td align="left">
477 rects
478 </td>
479 <td align="left">
480 list of collision Rects
481 </td>
482 </tr>
483 <tr>
484 <td align="left">
485 type
486 </td>
487 <td align="left">
488 type of Object (for collision)
489 </td>
490 </tr>
491 <tr>
492 <td align="left">
493 max_updates
494 </td>
495 <td align="left">
496 maximum number of updates before Object self collects
497 </td>
498 </tr>
499 <tr>
500 <td align="left">
501 <em>num_updates</em>
502 </td>
503 <td align="left">
504 current number of updates
505 </td>
506 </tr>
507 <tr>
508 <td align="left">
509 <em>death_anim</em>
510 </td>
511 <td align="left">
512 flag for if Object is in death animation (affects collision)
513 </td>
514 </tr>
515 <tr>
516 <td align="left">
517 <em>collect</em>
518 </td>
519 <td align="left">
520 flag to indicate if an Object should be collected
521 </td>
522 </tr>
523 </tbody>
524 </table>
525 </div>
526 </div>
527 <h2>2. Methods</h2>
528 <div class="sectionbody">
529 <div class="tableblock">
530 <table rules="all"
531 frame="hsides"
532 cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4">
533 <col width="148" />
534 <col width="240" />
535 <thead>
536 <tr>
537 <th align="left">
538 Method
539 </th>
540 <th align="left">
541 Description
542 </th>
543 </tr>
544 </thead>
545 <tbody valign="top">
546 <tr>
547 <td align="left">
548 new(o)
549 </td>
550 <td align="left">
551 constructor
552 </td>
553 </tr>
554 <tr>
555 <td align="left">
556 update()
557 </td>
558 <td align="left">
559 updates the Object's state
560 </td>
561 </tr>
562 <tr>
563 <td align="left">
564 draw()
565 </td>
566 <td align="left">
567 draws the Object's image at (x, y)
568 </td>
569 </tr>
570 <tr>
571 <td align="left">
572 collide()
573 </td>
574 <td align="left">
575 method executed upon collision (undefined for base class)
576 </td>
577 </tr>
578 <tr>
579 <td align="left">
580 get_center()
581 </td>
582 <td align="left">
583 returns the center coordinates of the Object
584 </td>
585 </tr>
586 <tr>
587 <td align="left">
588 set_origin()
589 </td>
590 <td align="left">
591 sets the drawing offset (sprite is offset by these amounts to the upper left)
592 </td>
593 </tr>
594 </tbody>
595 </table>
596 </div>
597 </div>
598 <h2>3. Usage</h2>
599 <div class="sectionbody">
600 <p>This class is not designed to be instantiated directly, instead it should be
601 extended and serve as the base for all in-game objects.
602 An example object definition is as follows:</p>
603 <div class="listingblock">
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608 <pre><tt>MyObj <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">Object:new</span></span><span style="color: #990000">()</span>
609 MyObj<span style="color: #990000">.</span>attr1 <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="color: #993399">4</span>
610 MyObj<span style="color: #990000">.</span>attr2 <span style="color: #990000">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000">"some value"</span>
612 <span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #9A1900">--constructor</span></span>
613 <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">function</span></span> <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">MyObj:new</span></span><span style="color: #990000">(</span>o<span style="color: #990000">)</span>
614 o <span style="color: #990000">=</span> o <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">or</span></span> <span style="color: #FF0000">{}</span>
615 <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #000000">setmetatable</span></span><span style="color: #990000">(</span>o<span style="color: #990000">,</span> self<span style="color: #990000">)</span>
616 self<span style="color: #990000">.</span>__index <span style="color: #990000">=</span> self
617 <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">return</span></span> o
618 <span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #0000FF">end</span></span>
620 <span style="font-style: italic"><span style="color: #9A1900">--other methods defined here</span></span>
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