Destroying instances

[badaf]

Hi all,

I'm working on my first Phaser based game, online documentaion is very useful, but I can't find informations about destroying instances.

function Enemy(game, layer, x, y, enemyStyle){
    var newX = 0;
    var newY = 0;
    
    switch(enemyStyle){
        case 'big_guy':
            newX = x;
            newY = y-68;
            break;
        case 'fast_guy':
            newX = x;
            newY = y-24;
            break;
    }

    var mySprite = game.add.sprite(newX, newY, decoType);
    mySprite.anchor.setTo(0.5, 0.5);
    layer.add(mySprite);
}

Enemy.prototype.delete = function(){
    mySprite.destroy();
}

Here I can destroy the enemy sprite, but not the enemy instance..

[samme]

function Enemy(game, layer, x, y, enemyStyle){
    // …

    this.mySprite = game.add.sprite(newX, newY, decoType);
    this.mySprite.anchor.setTo(0.5, 0.5);
    layer.add(this.mySprite);
}

Enemy.prototype.delete = function(){
    this.mySprite.destroy();
    this.mySprite = null;
}

There's no need to destroy the Enemy instance (and really there's no such concept in JS). It will eventually pass into oblivion if you no longer reference it.

[badaf]

Thanks, it's difficult to understand these "JS concepts" coming from other oop languages...

Another question :

if I want to restart my game (destroy all sprites, reset all variables, clear screen, like user pressed F5 ), can I do something like this ?

// launch the game 1st time
this.myGame = new Game();

// delete
this.myGame.destroy();

// launch new game
this.myGame = new Game();

 

[samme]

If Game is Phaser.Game then that should probably work.

But usually you don't need to throw out everything, you can just do

game.state.restart(); // or `this.state.restart()` within a state callback

That will stop the current state, empty the world, and then start the state again.

[badaf]

it's not Game from Phaser.Game, but your trick works for me, thanks