Getting started tutorial - UI : error

[s c]

Hi guys,

It seems the FlxSprite class no longer has a drawRect() method. So, the class HUD no longer builds ...

private var _sprBack:FlxSprite;
...

public function new()
{
   super();
   _sprBack = new FlxSprite().makeGraphic(FlxG.width, 20, FlxColor.BLACK);
   _sprBack.drawRect(0, 19, FlxG.width, 1, FlxColor.WHITE);   // ERROR
   ...
}

Any ideas for a workaround ?
Thanks !!!

[Seb Jones]

drawRect() isn't actually in the FlxSprite class, but in the FlxSpriteUtil class. Add this line below your imports:

using flixel.util.FlxSpriteUtil;

and it will work.

You can read more about how this works here.

[s c]

Thank you very much for pointing me to the FlxSpriteUtil class !
I have it working now by doing this :

import flixel.FlxSprite;
import flixel.util.FlxSpriteUtil;
...
class HUD extends FlxTypedGroup<FlxSprite>
{

   private var _sprBack:FlxSprite;
   ...
   public function new()
   {
      super();

      _sprBack = new FlxSprite().makeGraphic(FlxG.width, 15, FlxColor.BLACK);
      FlxSpriteUtil.drawLine(_sprBack, 0, 14, FlxG.width, 14, { color: FlxColor.WHITE, thickness: 1 });
      ...
   }
   ...
}

Your link to "static extensions" is also very much appreciated (but a bit over my head atm :-) ) I definitely want to start reading the Haxe documentation from the start.

Q : maybe someone needs to update the tutorial ???