Colors on shapes

[jorgepynho]

Hi there!

OK, so I just figured out how to draw shapes with the graphics object.

But, I wonder why this method exist ?!?!

line = new Phaser.Line(100, 100, 200, 200);

... and then it gets positioned on update()

But a line, never gets rendered

Does this mean that, this method "Phaser.Line()" is useless ?!?!?!

[mcolman]

When you look at the docs, everything under 'Geometry' are just plain javascript objects with properties to describe shapes and helper methods. 

If you just want to draw a line to the canvas, then Phaser.Line is not what you're looking for. Just use the Graphics object like so:

const g = this.game.add.graphics(0, 0)
g.beginFill(0xff0000)
g.moveTo(100, 100)
g.lineTo(200, 200)

Phaser.Line is not useless, look at the docs to see what it can be useful for http://phaser.io/docs/2.6.0/Phaser.Line.html

[jorgepynho]

Thanks Matt

I meant "useless" just for fun... Of course it is not

But in fact... I would use something like:

line = new Phaser.Line(100, 100, 200, 200);

const g = this.game.add.graphics(0, 0)
g.beginFill(0xff0000)
g.moveTo(line.x, line.y)
etc ...

However, it is intuitive to expect something like this in a HTML5 canvas framework (like others have)

line = new Phaser.Line(100, 100, 200, 200);

line.draw_or_whatever({properties})

Anyway... I am going to create my own methods for this.