load a cast member to an empty channel?

[styleBunny]

Hi folks,

I am familiar with swapping a sprite to a different cast member using the member or membernum command, but how do i load a sprite to a new channel, one without any existing sprite? How do i create a new instance of a cast member and place it into a specific sprite channel?

Thanks in advance!
Paul.

 

[kennethkawamoto]

For example, to create a new graphic member in the slot number 23 of the Internal Cast:
--
new(#bitmap, member(23, 1))
--

Put this into Sprite channel 69:
--
puppetSprite 69, 1
sprite(69).member = member(23, 1)
--

 

[styleBunny]

Hi kenneth,

Thanks for that info, tho after reading up on puppetSprite i found that the channel must contain a sprite.

"The channel must contain a sprite when you use the puppetSprite() method"

My question, and im not sure if it can be done, is can an existing cast member but placed into an empty channel during run time.

thanks
paul.

 

[kennethkawamoto]

No, you don't need have anything in the Sprite channel to make it Puppet.

Yes, you can put a member into any Sprite channel dynamically in runtime - if the channel is Puppet!