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tommy knocker
tommy knocker

Reputation: 371

Unable to create a new instance in javascript

the following is my code, 

function hostile(x, y) {
        this.speed = 1;
        this.health = 100; 
        this.x = x; 
        this.y = y; 
        this.height = 32;
        this.width = 32;
        this.isDead = false;
        this.direction = 0;

        this.move = function(){
             context.clearRect(0,0,canvas1.width,canvas1.height); 
             if (this.x > canvas.width - 64) {

                 this.y += 10;
                 this.direction = 0;
             }
             if (this.x < 0) {
                 this.y += 10;
         }

             if (this.direction === 1) {
                 this.x += this.speed;
         } else {
               this.x -= this.speed;
         }
             if (this.x < 0) {
               this.direction = 1;
             }

             if (this.y > 420) {
             //this might have to be changed
                 this.x = 600;
             }
         }  
    };
//CREATING AN INSTANCE OF HOSTILE, THIS ISN'T WORKING FOR MULTIPLE INSTANCES, BUT WHY?

var hostile = new hostile(20,20);
var hostileA = new hostile(20,20);

I have hostile created and I have this instance being called in the update method, hostile.move() however the var hostile works, the var hostile does not, I have checked the code hostile is the only reference in the file.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 75

Answers (2)

SLaks
SLaks

Reputation: 887443

var hostile = new hostile(20,20);

You just overwrote the hostile variable to refer to that instance rather than the constructor.

This is one of the reasons that constructors are UpperCamelCase by convention

Upvotes: 2

mguimard
mguimard

Reputation: 1891

You're erasing your constructor with 

var hostile = new hostile(20,20);

Then you can't create other hostile objects.

Upvotes: 1

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