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• • blackhornet
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  • 15 Aug, 2013
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  The object has a UID. Store that and then Pick by UID.

• • blackhornet
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  • 14 Aug, 2013
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  The trick is the math has to work. The SpiteFont plugin reads a row then drops to the next row. There can't be much space left on the right, or the plugin will try to draw it. So my algorithm has to optimize for the width first, then the height. That's the down side of optimizing for power-of-two.

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  • 13 Aug, 2013
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  Do 'Save as single file' and post the CAPX file.

• • blackhornet
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  • 12 Aug, 2013
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  How to "upgrade" an object to a family

• • blackhornet
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  • 11 Aug, 2013
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  RandomFunctionFamilySample.capx

  Families take care of the different objects. This just randomly picks an instance, from a timeout, and calls the function which picks the appropriate Text object by UID, and sets the text to the value passed into the function.

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  • 10 Aug, 2013
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  FloodFillBasics.capx

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• • blackhornet
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  • 10 Aug, 2013
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  So how are you determining when to call the function?

  You've got the basics. Determining which Text object you want and passing in the UID, to be picked, will do what you need.

• • blackhornet
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  • 10 Aug, 2013
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  add:

  On start of layout > ScoreText - Set text to Score

• • blackhornet
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  • 10 Aug, 2013
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  Sounds like you need to also set the ScoreText in 'On start of layout'. The score is still good, but the text object is being reset.

• • blackhornet
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  • 10 Aug, 2013
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  I'm not following completely, but if you move the 'setTextByUID' call to after the 'Set i to i+1', it's closer. (Make your text box bigger so you can see the value.)

  You shouldn't be using hard coded UID numbers. They aren't guaranteed. It's better to have your own addressing scheme via an instance variable.

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  • 10 Aug, 2013
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  SetTextByUID.capx

  If you have different Text objects, you just put them in a Family and pick by the Family.

• • blackhornet
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  • 9 Aug, 2013
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  You may want to consider just using one sprite with four frames, instead of four separate sprites. Once you start doing more things, you'll probably end up using a Family anyway, to achieve the same thing, otherwise you are going to end up doing everything four times, for each separate sprite.

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  StarMap_BHT.capx

• • blackhornet
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  • 9 Aug, 2013
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  Change 'Every tick' to 'On start of layout'.

• • blackhornet
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  • 8 Aug, 2013
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  Actually the Array object has Push and Pop commands, so it can simulate a queue. You can look at rexrainbow's Timeline plugin. I vaguely recall people using it for sound sequencing.