class extends not working as expected.

[galoyo]

I have a player class class Player extends FlxSprite where the coin class extends the player class. In the coin class i have a var... public static var _total:Int = 0;. within the players class, when i type this.coin. _total is not displayed. I have also tried by reference to the player class, player.coin.. what am i doing wrong?

also, i have a flxBar Bar.setRange(player.coins.countDead(), player.coins.countLiving()); this will give an error because i am using a function and not an int, but is there another way to get this to work the easy way?

[zkylon]

You want to do something like this for static properties:

//somewhere in your Player class
public function pickupCoin():Void {
      Coin._total++;
      //play animations, sounds, etc.
}

Instances can't access static properties, so you use the full class name instead

[starry-abyss]

Actually, you can access static properties - if you do it from inside the same class.

[zkylon]

@starry-abyss said in class extends not working as expected.:

Actually, you can access static properties - if you do it from inside the same class.

Yeah, this too