Module 02_ActorDef
Actor creation utilities
Functions
| ResolveRelativePath (path, level) | Resolve a path (Returns resolved path string) |
| LoadActorFunc (path, level) | Load an actor template. |
| LoadActor (path) | Load and create an actor template. |
| LoadFont (a, b) | Function to easily create a BitmapText Actor Can be used like LoadFont("Common normal") or LoadFont("Common", "normal") |
| LoadColorFont (a, b) | Same as LoadFont but for ColorBitmapText Actor |
| WrapInActorFrame (t) | Returns an ActorFrame with the numeric table/array t as children |
Tables
| Def | This is used as follows: |
| params | Same as LoadActor but sets everything in params as "Thread Variables" accessed via Var("name") |
Functions
- ResolveRelativePath (path, level)
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Resolve a path (Returns resolved path string)
Parameters:
- path string
- level number integer, call stack level for error()
- LoadActorFunc (path, level)
-
Load an actor template.
Parameters:
- path string
- level number integer, call stack level for error()
- LoadActor (path)
-
Load and create an actor template.
Parameters:
- path string
- LoadFont (a, b)
-
Function to easily create a BitmapText Actor
Can be used like LoadFont("Common normal")
or LoadFont("Common", "normal")
Parameters:
- a
- b
- LoadColorFont (a, b)
-
Same as LoadFont but for ColorBitmapText Actor
Parameters:
- a
- b
- WrapInActorFrame (t)
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Returns an ActorFrame with the numeric table/array t as children
Parameters:
- t
Tables
- Def
-
This is used as follows:
Usage:
Def["ActorType"]({}) or Def.ActorType({}) ex. Def.ActorFrame {} Note: The {} here are just syntax sugar for a function call ({})
- params
-
Same as LoadActor but sets everything in params as
"Thread Variables" accessed via Var("name") doing Var(key) in the file in path will index this table
Fields:
- path string path to file without extension