I completely agree. I always use xtras and behaviors as an entry point.
Just understanding the new(#bitmap) (for example) process of creating a
new cast member is enough for some students to understand the idea of
birthing (appropro, no?) (wow, suddenly I'm Pepe LePew) an object.
Rich Shupe
On 12/19/00 3:50 AM, Brennan Young ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) sent:
>Now I'm convinced that understanding the scripting of behaviors, to the
>level of being able to manipulate the scriptinstancelist of a sprite a
>little, is the best route for entering the mindset of parent scripts
>today. Working with Xtras, such as fileIO is another good way to
>understand the concept of abstract objects.
<snip>
>These days, I have a three month old child object at home, which needs
>milk and other input parameters (not to mention the output), so my time
>for such projects is limited.
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