Using FlxCameras

[Keith Weatherby II]

Many of you may know I'm working on a non-scrolling retro-styled platform game.  So far the main part of the game screen is set according to an x and y position, which plots it in the middle of the screen underneath the upper HUD-bar.  I really want to make the hud and game itself separate using cameras.  I haven't been able to figure out how to exclude all but the hud rendering on a hud camera, and the rest of the rendering on the main one.  So essentially every time I needed to get a position of something on screen I had to add the level's x and y coordinates to get the proper screen position.  I want these to be separate now, so could someone tell me how to make just the status information appear on one camera, and the rest of the game on another (in the center of the screen) -- Here's a screenshot for reference -

[Sam Bellman]

You just set the camera for every asset you create.

scoreText.camera = hudCamera;
inGameObject.camera = gameCamera;

unless I'm misunderstanding what your asking or your issues.

[Keith Weatherby II]

I could set them all to the camera I want, however there are so many I thought that setting FlxCamera.defaultCameras = [FlxG.camera] meant that when I don't set anything explicitly it will default to the main camera.  Which means in theory i could just set the hud camera items and leave the rest alone.

Was I wrong?  Was hoping for a simpler way.

[Gama11]

Setting defaultCameras is indeed the recommended approach. Why are you asking, is it not working for you?