Reset Without Reset?

[xhunterko]

When I go resetState or switchState, what ACTUALLY happens to the state? Because the lighting system I have plugged in works on state creation and state reset and switch. However, when I want to load new lighting areas to go with a new level, it retains the original lighting areas. For example:

createRooms();

//do stuff

createLights();

createLights:void

if stage is 1
    new light things

//THEN after so many enemies are killed, switch the level out with a new one and it's new lighting

if stage is 2
   new light things

Here's stage 2:

if (Stage == 2)
        {    
            //Add Light Segments        
            //////////////////////////////////
           
            vis = new Visibility();
            vis.loadMap(1024);        
           
           
            //125,137 ... 145 ... 155 ... 165
            vis.addSegment(125, 137, 145, 138);
           
           
            //Stationary Lights        
            lFixed1 = new RayLight(344, 230, vis);
            lFixed1.color = 0x6A0404;        
            lightMan.addLight(lFixed1);
            LightHOLDINGB.add(lFixed1);    
           
            lPlayer = new RayLight(180, 160, vis, PlayerKnight);        
            lPlayer.alpha = 0.55;            
           
            lightMan = new LightManager();// 0xff000055);        
            lightMan.alpha = 0.75; //Replaced by Variable compared to level
            lightMan.addLight(lPlayer);
           
           
            LightHOLDINGB.add(lightMan);    
        }

Stage 1 is the same except with more segments. So I thought, it works fine on start up, okay, just simulate a fresh start up should fix it, right? So I figured since destroy is called, let's just make a false destroy.

public function destroyRooms():Void
    {
        lPlayer = null;
        //Everything else is null as well like in the actual destroy and the tilemap's exist is set to false    
    }

However that doesn't unload the segments. I have tried a couple things with wacky results.

Setting lightholding.exists = false removes the lighting entirely of course but going lightholding.exists = true in the create lights does not make it reappear.

vis.segments.close; causes no change to occur. Same thing with remove. And depending on where I put those, where you think they should go, has caused the level itself for some unknown reason, to disappear entirely!

What should I do here? Has anyone worked with this lighting system: http://haxeflixel.com/forum/?place=msg%2Fhaxeflixel%2F8IX0tTHifsQ%2Fk8A3QD6wWiYJ

before and knows how it works and what I should do? I'm simply trying to remove segments and add new ones. Any ideas how to do this?

[Jeru Sanders]

Switch/reset state basically recursively destroys all your FlxBasics. I'd have to see the full source to the lighting system. But I'd guess that you have to call something like "vis.destroy()"