[AS3] Game Reset

[vandread]

Hi,

Does anyone have good ideas on how to reset the game.

When the player presses the Try Again button?
I'm currently reloading the swf file, but I want other options..

[Poony]

When resetting a game, all you're really doing is resetting the variables and returning to the desired graphical state. There is no golden answer to what you're asking for, it totally depends on your game and structure.

I usually implement a resetAll function that i can call whenever.

[vandread]

Yeah. I just made a gameStart function that adds all the eventlisteners and positions.
when I reset the game i just call the gameStart() :P

[Scearezt]

Seperate gameStart and restartGame functions. So the functions won't depend on each-other, therefore you can call them whenever you need it.

[PasD]

if your code if frame based, you can try
//Object(root) or whevever you store your game stuff, e.g root.map
for (var prop in Object(root)){
delete Object(root)
}
//that deletes everything, then you can go to the first frame or the frame to load that level or whatever to start the game again.

[rrh]

But if you delete everything like that, I think there's a risk the EventListeners will still keep running, so you should remove all them first, then add them to your newly created first frame.