Add #56

help/index.html

@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ <h2 style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', Arial, Sans-Serif;font-weight: 300;color: wh
                 <tr><td>getCostumeName()</td><td>Get the costume name of a sprite.</td></tr>
                 <tbody style="background-color: lightgrey"><tr><td><b>Sprite Functions</b></td><td><b>Brief description</b></td></tr></tbody>
                 <tr><td>__init__()</td><td>Initilizes a sprite.</td></tr>
-                <tr><td>show()</td><td>Show the sprite.</td></tr>
-                <tr><td>hide()</td><td>Hide the sprite.</td></tr>
                 <tr><td>changeXBy()</td><td>Change the sprite's X Position by (amount).</td></tr>
                 <tr><td>changeYBy()</td><td>Change the sprite's X Position by (amount).</td></tr>
                 <tr><td>goTo()</td><td>Go to a X and Y position.</td></tr>
@@ -65,6 +63,8 @@ <h2 style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', Arial, Sans-Serif;font-weight: 300;color: wh
                 <tr><td>getZIndex()</td><td>Get the sprite's z-index.</td></tr>
                 <tr><td>isVisible()</td><td>Check if the object is visible, not just showing.</td></tr>
                 <tr><td>delete()</td><td>Remove the sprite from the global sprites list, causing it not to be drawn.</td></tr>
+                <tbody style="background-color: lightgrey"><tr><td><b>Sprite Variables</b></td><td><b>Brief description</b></td></tr></tbody>
+		<tr><td>Sprite.show</td><td>Set to "True" to show the sprite, set to "False" to hide it. Replaces "show()" and "hide()".</td></tr>
                 <tbody style="background-color: lightgrey"><tr><td><b>Other Functions</b></td><td><b>Brief description</b></td></tr></tbody>
                 <tr><td>setup()</td><td>Sets up PyGame and returns a screen object that can be used with blit().</td></tr>
                 <tr><td>blit()</td><td>Draw all graphic changes on the screen. This must be called to display graphics.</td></tr>

slither/__init__.py

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.xpos = 0 # X Position
         self.ypos = 0 # Y Position
         self.direction = 0 # Direction is how much to change the direction, hence why it starts at 0 and not 90
-        self.showing = True
+        self.show = True
         self.scale = 1 # How much to multiply it by in the scale
         self.zindex = 0 # How high up are we in the "z" axis?
         sprites.append(self) # Add this sprite to the global list of sprites
@@ -120,14 +120,6 @@ def zindex(self, val):
         self._zindex = val
         reorderSprites()
 
-    def show(self):
-        '''Show the sprite.'''
-        self.showing = True
-
-    def hide(self):
-        '''Hide the sprite.'''
-        self.showing = False
-
     def goto(self, xpos, ypos):
         '''Go to xpos, ypos.'''
         self.xpos = xpos
@@ -139,8 +131,9 @@ def moveSteps(self, numSteps):
                   self.ypos + math.sin(math.radians(self.direction)) * numSteps)
 
     def isVisible(self):
-        '''Check if the object is visible, not just showing.'''
-        return self.showing and self.scale > 0
+        '''Check if the object is visible, not just showing.
+        This is better than Sprite.show because it also checks the scale.'''
+        return self.show and self.scale > 0
 
     def delete(self):
         '''Remove the sprite from the global sprites list, causing it not to be drawn.'''