CODEWITHSUNDEEP
actionscript-3
Plas
Plas

Reputation: 91

AS3 Glitch (Timer Object)

So I was trying to make a AvoiderGame tutorial for my YT, and I found a glitch with the program. (It was telling me the Timer object accepts 0 parameters)

Then I thought that I might have missed a bracket or something somewhere which caused the error, but for now, it seems like a Flash Professional Glitch

INFORMATION:

File: Enemy.as (linked to the "Enemy" movieclip symbol in the main.fla file)

package{
    import flash.display.MovieClip;
    import flash.utils.Timer;
    import flash.events.TimerEvent;

    public class Enemy extends MovieClip{
        private var speeds:Array = new Array();
        private var counter:Timer = new Timer(1); <-- Line 8
        private var speed:int = 0;

        public function Enemy(xPos:int, yPos:int, speeds:Array){
            x = xPos;
            y = yPos;
            this.speeds = speeds;
            initalize();

            counter.start();
            counter.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, update);
        }

        protected function initalize(){
            speed = speeds[0] + Math.round(Math.random()*(speeds[1] - speeds[0]));
        }

        protected function update(e:TimerEvent){
            y += speed;
        }

        public function setPos(xVal:int, yVal:int){
            x = xVal;
            y = yVal;
        }

        public function movePos(xVal:int, yVal:int){
            x += xVal;
            y += yVal;
        }
    }
}

(I replaced my username with "User" so people wont know my real name)

This Code gave me the following errors:

C:\Users\User\Desktop\Flash Stuff\Avoider DeluX\Enemy.as, Line 8, Column 35 1136: Incorrect number of arguments. Expected 0.

C:\Users\User\Desktop\Flash Stuff\Avoider DeluX\Enemy.as, Line 8, Column 35 1136: Incorrect number of arguments. Expected 0.

(yes, the errors did appear 2 times)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 57

Answers (2)

harilalkm
harilalkm

Reputation: 456

I think it's the problem with parameter . One thing i have noticed is timer accepts 2 params. First one is delay which is in milliseconds. Second one is repeatCount that's optional

As the docs says

A delay lower than 20 milliseconds is not recommended.

So i would recommend to use a number more than 20 milliseconds or 1000 for one second.

Upvotes: 0

blue112
blue112

Reputation: 56462

It make me think that you may another Timer class colliding in your namespace. Try precising the full name each time:

private var counter:flash.utils.Timer = new flash.utils.Timer(1);

Upvotes: 1

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