Topic: Creation and destruction of objects on the fly?

[Ezekiel000]

I was wondering how the marbles part of Kweepa's Mega Demo was done?

http://www.kweepa.com/step/ags/games/MegaDemo.zip (5Mb)

I'm trying to create a mini game where objects randomly fall from the top of the screen and the player has to move the character to catch the objects.

[Crimson Wizard]

AGS does not allow to create/delete object dynamically other than DynamicSprite and DrawingSurface.
Haven't seen Kweepa's script, but those things are usually done either by reusing a limited number of graphical objects (like GUI buttons, Room Objects or  Characters for instance), or storing objects data (coordinates) in your own arrays and drawing them manually on screen.

[Ezekiel000]

Ah right thanks, I'll try just reusing room objects.

[Kweepa]

I just used a large array, and RawDraw.
The source code for the demo is here:
http://www.kweepa.com/step/ags/tech/megademosrc.zip

Depending on how many objects you want to have, this might be a better approach than room objects.

[Ezekiel000]

Thank you, I'll do a few tests to see which way I want to go.
Even if I reuse room objects it is always interesting to learn and understand new techniques.