Dynamic sprites

[Junkface]

Hi,

I'm making a game where I want to use dynamic sprites to change the appearance of objects a lot. I was hoping to do this with one function to create a different dynamic sprite for all the objects and other functions to then manipulate the dynamic sprite associated with whatever individual object is being worked with later, i.e. something like this (with [SceneryCurrent] representing the ID of the object being worked with):

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scale[SceneryCurrent] = DynamicSprite.CreateFromExistingSprite(object[SceneryCurrent].Graphic); 
object[SceneryCurrent].Graphic=scale[SceneryCurrent].Graphic;

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scale[SceneryCurrent].Resize(FloatToInt(SpriteSizeX[SceneryCurrent]), FloatToInt(SpriteSizeY[SceneryCurrent]));

scale0, scale1, scale2, etc are already defined as dynamic sprites in the global variables section but when I try to compile I get the error "Undefined token 'scale' ". Is there some means of working with dynamic sprites in the way I'm attempting or will I need to resort to something like:

Code: ags

if(SceneryCurrent==1){
  scale1.Resize(FloatToInt(SpriteSizeX[SceneryCurrent]), FloatToInt(SpriteSizeY[SceneryCurrent]));
}

if(SceneryCurrent==2){
  scale2.Resize(FloatToInt(SpriteSizeX[SceneryCurrent]), FloatToInt(SpriteSizeY[SceneryCurrent]));
}

I hope that's at least somewhat clear and would appreciate any advice anyone can give.

Thanks.

[Khris]

In order to use scale[some_value], you have to define an array of DynamicSprites, not individual ones called scale0, scale1, etc.

Put this in GlobalScript.asc, near the top:

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DynamicSprite *scale[40];
export scale;

Then add this line to GlobalScript.ash:

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import DynamicSprite *scale[40];

(And delete scale0, scale1, etc.)

[Junkface]

Ah, for some reason it hadn't occurred to me that I should treat dynamic sprites like the other variables - I feel quite silly  now. Thanks for the help.