error 1137

[PanMan62]

i am really really mad because i have been trying to make a turret game from a series of 30 tutorials and im on the 13th one and the code is messing up and i re did the code 2 times wich was over 2 hours of doing a code that works for this guy just fine and i need it to work, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMo5FU8H_d8

my code is

package  {

          import flash.display.Sprite;

          import Explosion;

          import ReusableCode.myMaths;

          import flash.events.Event;

          public class ExplosionChain extends Sprite {

                    // variables

                    private var lifespan:int;

                    private var birthrate:Number;

                    private var blastRadius:Number;

                    private var minBlast:int;

                    private var maxBlast:int;

                    private var birthCounter:Number=1;

                    public function ExplosionChain(l:int=20, b:Number=0.5, br:Number=20, minB:int=5, maxB:int=20) {

                              // constructor code

                              lifespan=1;

                              birthrate=b;

                              blastRadius = br;

                              minBlast=minB;

                              maxBlast=maxB;

                              addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, update)

                    }

                    public function update(e:Event) {

                              lifespan--;

                              if (lifespan>0) {

                                        while(birthCounter>=0) {

                                                  birthCounter-=birthrate;

                                                  var ex = new Explosion(minBlast+(maxBlast-minBlast)*Math.random());

                                                  ex.rotation = Math.random()*360;

                                                  myMaths.moveFoward(ex, Math.random()*blastRadius);

                                                  addChild(ex);

                                        }

                                        birthCounter+=1;

                              }else if (numChildren==0) {

                                        parent.removeChild(this);

                                        }

                              }

                    }

          }

the error says

/Users/baileypandiscio/Desktop/Turret Game/ExplosionChain.as, Line 33

1137: Incorrect number of arguments.  Expected no more than 0.

and the guy's code from the tutorial works just great for him. please help.

[Ned Murphy]

Which is line 33?  What does the function that it calls look like?

[PanMan62]

line 33 is var ex = new Explosion(minBlast+(maxBlast-minBlast)*Math.random());

[Ned Murphy]

What does the function/class that it calls look like?

[PanMan62]

if u mean what is the code called Explosion that it plays rapidly if it works it is

package  {

          import flash.display.Sprite;

          import fl.transitions.Tween;

          import fl.transitions.TweenEvent;

          import fl.transitions.easing.*;

          import flash.events.Event;

          public class Explosion extends Sprite {

                    //make tween variables

                    private var tweenAlpha:Tween;

                    private var tweenSize:Tween;

                    public function Explosion() {

                              // constructor code

                              // use the graphics of this sprite to draw a circle

                              graphics.beginFill(0xFFFFFF);

                              graphics.drawCircle(0,0,10);

                              graphics.endFill();

                              // add an event listener for when the explosion is added to the screen

                              addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, Init);

                    }

                    private function Init(e:Event) {

                              // set up alpha tween

                              tweenAlpha = new Tween(this, "alpha", Regular.easeInOut, 1, 0, 20);

                              tweenAlpha.addEventListener(TweenEvent.MOTION_FINISH, removeExplosion);

                              // set up the tween to scale the explosion

                              tweenSize = new Tween(this, "scaleX", Regular.easeInOut, 0, 1, 10);

                              tweenSize.addEventListener(TweenEvent.MOTION_CHANGE, applyScale);

                    }

                    private function applyScale(t:TweenEvent) {

                              scaleY = scaleX;

                    }

                    private function removeExplosion(t:TweenEvent) {

                              Sprite(parent).removeChild(this);

                    }

          }

}

[Ned Murphy · Accepted solution]

There's the problem... in the Explosion class, the constructor does not take arguments...

    public function Explosion() {

But in your other class you are calling that class function using arguments...

    var ex = new Explosion(minBlast+(maxBlast-minBlast)*Math.random() );

That red stuff is not accomodated by the class.

[PanMan62]

O.O im 13 and am not too good with as3 but im amazing with as2  and im trying to learn as3 and its a lot more confusing but way more usefull. so what do i need to do to the explosion class to get it working?

[PanMan62]

so do i need to make     public function Explosion() { not public or something? excuse me if i do not sound verry knowlegable about this topic, i just started as3 yesterday and want to make a game to impress my teacher

[Ned Murphy]

If you want to be able to call the Explosion class from other classes, then you need to keep it as a public class/function.

For now what you should do to get rid of the error is to remove the argument(s) from the function call on line 33...

  var ex = new Explosion();

[PanMan62]

and

import flash.events.MouseEvent;

stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, explode);

function explode(m:MouseEvent) {

          var e = new Explosion();

          var ex = new ExplosionChain();

          e.x = mouseX

          e.y = mouseY

          addChild(e);

}

is the fuction for the stage for when you click, it makes doezens of little explosions