Loading external images

By Lenster921 | Jul 10, 2009

I’m trying to simply reskin an existing Tower Defense game tutorial. As of now, the sprites are being drawn directly from code. I wouldn’t like to switch the display graphics from the fill function to an actual ground sprite that I made myself. The code looks like:

ActionScript Code:


var roadHolder:Sprite = new Sprite();//create an object that will hold all parts of the road
addChild(roadHolder);//add it to the stage
function makeRoad():void{
    var row:int = 0;//the current row we’re working on
    var block;//this will act as the block that we’re placing down
    for(var i:int=0;i<lvlArray.length;i++){//creating a loop that’ll go through the level array
        if(lvlArray[i] == 0){//if the current index is set to 0
            block = new EmptyBlock();//create a gray empty block
            block.graphics.beginFill(0×333333);
            block.graphics.drawRect(0,0,25,25);
            block.graphics.endFill();
            addChild(block);
            //and set the coordinates to be relative to the place in the array
            block.x= (i-row*22)*25;
            block.y = row*25;
        } else if(lvlArray[i] == 1){//if there is supposed to be a row
            //just add a box that will be a darker color and won’t have any actions
            block = new Shape();
            block.graphics.beginFill(0×111111);
            block.graphics.drawRect(0,0,25,25);
            block.graphics.endFill();      
            block.x= (i-row*22)*25;
            block.y = row*25;   
            roadHolder.addChild(block);//add it to the roadHolder
        } else if(lvlArray[i] is String){//if it’s a string, meaning a special block
            //then create a special block
            block = new DirectBlock(lvlArray[i],(i-row*22)*25,row*25);
            addChild(block);
        }

These are some things I’ve been wondering about in terms of doing this switch from the draw functions to loading existing images.
1. Do I create MovieClips and call to them from the library?
2. Can I call images directly from a folder holding that image?
Can someone with more flash knowledge show me how this can be done? If you need more information please reply. :confused:

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Loading external images

By Lenster921 | Jul 10, 2009

ActionScript Code:


var roadHolder:Sprite = new Sprite();//create an object that will hold all parts of the road
addChild(roadHolder);//add it to the stage
function makeRoad():void{
    var row:int = 0;//the current row we’re working on
    var block;//this will act as the block that we’re placing down
    for(var i:int=0;i<lvlArray.length;i++){//creating a loop that’ll go through the level array
        if(lvlArray[i] == 0){//if the current index is set to 0
            block = new EmptyBlock();//create a gray empty block
            block.graphics.beginFill(0×333333);
            block.graphics.drawRect(0,0,25,25);
            block.graphics.endFill();
            addChild(block);
            //and set the coordinates to be relative to the place in the array
            block.x= (i-row*22)*25;
            block.y = row*25;
        } else if(lvlArray[i] == 1){//if there is supposed to be a row
            //just add a box that will be a darker color and won’t have any actions
            block = new Shape();
            block.graphics.beginFill(0×111111);
            block.graphics.drawRect(0,0,25,25);
            block.graphics.endFill();      
            block.x= (i-row*22)*25;
            block.y = row*25;   
            roadHolder.addChild(block);//add it to the roadHolder
        } else if(lvlArray[i] is String){//if it’s a string, meaning a special block
            //then create a special block
            block = new DirectBlock(lvlArray[i],(i-row*22)*25,row*25);
            addChild(block);
        }