property spriteList -- the appList contains general information needed to run the application.
property memberList -- property list of castLibs containing a list of available member nums.
-- the following are all constants:
property appDataMember -- the member (name) that contains the appList
on new me
-- set constants:
set appDataMember = "ActivityPredefines" -- currently we are using the name of the storage field.
set ancestor = new (script "ActivityLib")
-- if we are a projector or protected movie then simply get the data from the appDataMember,
-- otherwise initialize empty lists.
divideLists (me, 0)
return me
end
on destruct me
if objectP (ancestor) then destruct (ancestor)
set ancestor = 0
end
-- divide up the master list into easily accessable parts
-- the master list must be formatted correctly.
on divideLists me, lst
if lst = 0 then
set spriteList = [:]
set memberList = [:]
else
set spriteList = getProp (lst, #sprites)
set memberList = getProp (lst, #members)
end if
end
-- set the starting appList manually:
on setList me, lst
makeField (me, appDataMember, lst)
divideLists (me, lst)
end
-- runtime initialization of the game spriteList:
-- by this point spriteList will have been initialized.
-- each item in the prop list will be as follows:
-- spriteNum:[#coverNum:the memberNum of sprite spr, #coverLib: the castLibNum of sprite spr, #loc:(the loc of sprite spr), #identifier:#empty, #myNum:0, #myLib:answerCast1, #matchSprite:0, #matchSprite2:0, #showflag:0 ]
on initializeRound me
divideLists (me, value (field appDataMember))
set mem1 = getPropAt (memberList, 1)
set memLst1 = getProp (memberList, mem1) -- this is returning a pointer!!!!
set mem2 = getPropAt (memberList, 2)
set memLst2 = getProp (memberList, mem2)
-- set mem3 = getPropAt (memberList, 3)
-- set memLst3 = getProp (memberList, mem3)
set listPool = spriteList
set spriteList = [:]
repeat while count (listPool)
-- get a random record from the listPool:
set poolRecNum = random (count (listPool))
-- hold that record's information:
set spr = getPropAt (listPool, poolRecNum)
set lst = getProp (listPool, spr)
-- delete that record from the listPool:
deleteProp (listPool, spr)
-- get another random record from the listPool:
set poolRecNum2 = random (count (listPool))
-- hold that record's information:
set spr2 = getPropAt (listPool, poolRecNum2)
set lst2 = getProp (listPool, spr2)
-- delete that record from the listPool:
deleteProp (listPool, spr2)
-- initialize properties - using only members that have identical names:
-- get a random member for the first list:
set num = random (count (memLst1))
-- store that member's name identifier and number in the spriteList:
set id = getPropAt (memLst1, num)
setAProp (lst, #identifier, id)
setAProp (lst, #myNum, getProp (memLst1, id))
setAProp (lst, #myLib, mem1)
-- set props for the second sprite record:
setAProp (lst2, #identifier, id)
setAProp (lst2, #myNum, getProp (memLst2, id))
setAProp (lst2, #myLib, mem2)
-- assign the matching sprites:
setAProp (lst, #matchSprite, spr2)
setAProp (lst2, #matchSprite, spr)
-- delete the used member from the initializing memLst
deleteProp (memLst1, id)
-- put our sprite records back into the master list:
setaProp (spriteList, spr, lst)
setaProp (spriteList, spr2, lst2)
end repeat
end
-- puppet all used sprites to TRUE
-- assign each sprite its personal cover member
on hideAnswerCards me
repeat with i = 1 to count (spriteList)
set spr = getPropAt (spriteList, i)
hideAnswerCard (me, spr)
end repeat
unloadCast (me)
repeat with lst in spritelist
preLoadMember member getProp (lst, #myNum) of castLib getProp (lst, #myLib)
end repeat
end
-- hide an answer card by sprite number:
on hideAnswerCard me, spr
set lst = getProp (spriteList, spr)
set spr = integer(spr)
puppetSprite spr, TRUE
set the memberNum of sprite spr to getProp (lst, #coverNum)
set the castLibNum of sprite spr to getProp (lst, #coverLib)
set the loc of sprite spr to getProp (lst, #loc)
-- unloadCast (me)
setAProp (lst, #showFlag, 0)
setAProp (spriteList, spr, lst)
end
-- show an answerCard by sprite number.
-- return TRUE if a successful card turning.
on showAnswerCard me, spr
set lst = getAProp (spriteList, spr)
if voidP (lst) then return 0
if getProp (lst, #showFlag) then return 0
set the memberNum of sprite spr to getProp (lst, #myNum)
set the castLibNum of sprite spr to getProp (lst, #myLib)
