Blitmaker

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Copyright (c) 2012 Conrado Souza - conradorsouza@gmail.com

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BlitMaker BlitMaker project works with Sparrow/Starling XML for loading positions of the sprite sheet.

BlitMaker is a actionscript3 framework that was created to make blitting easy.

This xml can be generated with Flash CS6, TexturePacker, and many other texture sheet makers. Compile src/BlitMaker.as to see project running.

BlitSprite can support the following functionalities(very similar to a MovieClip).

Frames index starts at 0.

Methods:
gotoAndPlay: go to a frame and make animation continue from it. Working with frame numbers and labels
gotoAndStop: go to a frame and stops animation on it. Working with frame numbers and labels
addFrameScript: add a function to a frame. Working with frame numbers and labels
play: stats animation instantly
stop: stops animation instantly

Getters and Setters
totalFrames: read-only. Read the total number of frames.
currentFrame: read-only. Reads the current frame index.
fps: read-write. Read or write current fps value, it changes the animation speed on runtime.

========= How to use

/**Use this if you want to load external assets **/

_blitMaker = new BlitMaker(30); _blitMaker.addEventListener(BlitMakerEvents.BLIT_LOADED, addToStage); _blitMaker.loadSpriteSheet("http://conradorsouza.github.com/blitmaker/example/button.png"); _blitMaker.loadSpriteSheetData("http://conradorsouza.github.com/blitmaker/example/button.xml");

private function addToStage(e:BlitMakerEvents):void { _blitSprite = e.currentTarget.blitSprite addChild(_blitSprite); }

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/** Use this if you want to use embeded assets **/

_blitMaker = new BlitCreator(30);

[Embed(source="../bin/buildings.png")] private const _buildingsImage:Class; [Embed(source="../bin/buildings.xml", mimeType="application/octet-stream")] private const _buildingsXML:Class;

var dataSheet:XML = XML(new _buildingsXML()); var buttonSpriteSheet:Bitmap = new _buildingsImage(); _blitMaker.addEventListener(BlitCreatorEvents.BLIT_LOADED, addToStage); _blitMaker.addSpriteSheet(buttonSpriteSheet); _blitMaker.addSpriteSheetData(dataSheet);

private function addToStage(e:BlitMakerEvents):void { _blitSprite = e.currentTarget.blitSprite addChild(_blitSprite); }

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/** You can directly create a BlitSprite if you need.*/

[Embed(source="../bin/buildings.png")] private const _buildingsImage:Class; [Embed(source="../bin/buildings.xml", mimeType="application/octet-stream")] private const _buildingsXML:Class;

var dataSheet:XML = XML(new _buildingsXML()); var buttonSpriteSheet:Bitmap = new _buildingsImage(); _blitSprite = new BlitSprite(buttonSpriteSheet, dataSheet, 30); addChild(_blitSprite);