Foundation.Actor

The actor type is the base tangible updatable element.

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Example

// Extend the actor type
class MyActor extends Foundation.Actor{

  // Override update method
  public update(): boolean {
    if (super.update()) {
      console.log('updating');
      return true;
    } else {
      return false;
    }
  }
}

// Create a prefab game object
var game = Foundation.Game.createDefaultPrefab(); 

// Add a MyActor instance to the game
game.add('Printer', new MyActor());

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Implementation Details

Reference paths

• '/foundation/_digest.ts'
• '/foundation/core/actors/_digest.ts'
• '/foundation/core/actors/Actor.ts'

Extends

This type does not extend a base type.

Implements

This type implements the following interfaces:

• Object
• Updatable

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Public Properties

active: boolean

• Get or set the actor active state.

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Constructors

constructor(active: boolean = true)

• Actors are active by default.

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Instance Methods

free(): void

• Base implementation for overriding. Should be used to free any actor resources (event listeners etc.)