I'm assuming you're using AS 2.0 - inside WeatherManager.as:
class WeatherManager
{
// private var to hold interval
private var weatherTimer;
// constructor
public function WeatherManager()
{
weatherTimer = setInterval(mx.utils.Delegate.create(this,
changeWeather), 5000);
}
// weather change func
private function changeWeather()
{
// change the weather
}
// clear interval func
public function cleanUp()
{
clearInterval(weatherTimer);
}
}
// hope that helps!
> I have done as you suggested and have created separate classes for the
> balloon, ball, scoreboard and clouds and this all seems to work fine. The
> design pattern is based on an Observer pattern where these separate
> objects
> register themselves as observers of a WeatherManager object.
>
> I have created a WeatherManager.as class that broadcasts any updates to
> the
> weather to the observers.
>
> Now I need to have the WeatherManager periodically change the weather
> conditions. I was thinking it should have some sort of internal timer and
> every say 5 seconds, it will amend the weather conditions.
>
> Not sure how best to create an internal timer - would I just use
> setInterval
> within the WeatherManager class? Or would it be better to create a timer
> class and have a loop to continually check this timer? I have had real
> problems in the past using setInterval in that they don't seem to clear.
>
> The game itself is time based and there is a time limit of 80 seconds so
> there will need to be a timer for this too. Not sure if best to use just
> one
> timer for dealing with both or just let the WeatherManager have its own
> timer and at the beginning of the game just start its timer and leave it
> to
> do its updates independently of the main game timer
>
> Any suggestions most appreciated
>
> Thanks
>
> Paul
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Weyert de
> Boer
> Sent: 04 November 2006 17:52
> To: Flashcoders mailing list
> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] OOP advice for game
>
> Yeah, I made a little game myself and use the classes FoodPiece, Snake,
> and GameWorld and SnakeGame. Meaning that SnakeGame handles all the
> stuff such as start/stop game, score counting. The GameWorld is
> responsible for all the drawing, and calling the update method of the
> Snake instance, which will then have dedicated code to update itself.
>
> Works nicely!
>
> Weyert
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