I'm trying to test out this level but am having trouble getting it to load. I am getting an error ) expected near , in this line of code

local spawnPlayerObject(xPlayerSpawn, yPlayerSpawn, richTurn)

I am trying to use director class for level transitions and such as well. any help would be great. Thank you

Are you trying to declare a function, then use this syntax:

local function spawnPlayerObject(xPlayerSpawn, yPlayerSpawn, richTurn)

end

Check this article to understand functions:

http://developer.anscamobile.com/content/events-and-listeners#Function_vs_Table_Listeners

Hope this helps.

Thanks that fixed that part, but now its saying table expected on

localGroup:insert(background)

heres the whole thing

function new()
localGroup = display.newGroup()

local background = display.newImage('1_0.png', true)
localGroup:insert(background)

thanks again

it seems like its not recognizing the localGroup or something along those lines

Could you post the complete code.. Difficult to make out the issue with posted code snippet

cheers,
Bejoy

ok sure

module(..., package.seeall)

--local background = display.newImage("1_0.png", true)
Sturret = require("Sturret")
local Sturret
local spawnLevelEnd
local spawnPlayerObject
--require("Rich")
local levelComplete = false
local playerDir = 0
playerSpawnX = 0
playerSpawnY = 0
leveltime = {}
leveltime[1] = 30
dotting = false
local canDraw = true
arrowsLeft = 8
drawnLines = 0
posCount = 1
local fireTime = 0
currentLevel = 1
local playerSpeed = 0
local player
local rich
local richDir = 0
require "sprite"
local richSheet1 = sprite.newSpriteSheet("richClimb1.png",216,360)
local localgroup

function new()
localGroup = display.newGroup()

local background = display.newImage('1_0.png', true)
localGroup:insert(background)

--function levelZeroLoad()
--bakground image PLACEHOLDER
--print((_W/320), _H/480)
--background = display.newImage( "1_0.png", true)
--background.x = 0*_W/320+_W/2
--background.y = 0*_H/480+_H/2
--background:scale(display.contentWidth/320, display.contentHeight/480)
--background:setReferencePoint(display.TopLeftReferencePoint)
--background:toBack()
--localGroup:insert(background)

--spawn Player X and Y coords

local function spawnPlayerObject(xPlayerSpawn, yPlayerSpawn, richTurn)
local richPlayer = sprite.newSpriteSet(richSheet1,1,6)
sprite.add(richPlayer, "rich", 2,5,500,1)
rich = sprite.newSprite(richPlayer)
rich.x = xPlayerSpawn
rich.y = yPlayerSpawn
rich:scale(_W*0.0009, _W*0.0009) -- scale is used to adjust the size of the object.
richDir = richTurn
rich.rotation = richDir
rich:prepare("rich")
rich:play()
physics.addBody( rich, { friction=1, radius = 15 } ) -- needs a better physics body for collision detection.
localGroup:insert(spawnPlayerObject)
end

--level end location X and Y coords
local function spawnLevelEnd(xEndSpawn, yEndSpawn) -- the end of level point code is here. what still needs to be done is the loading of the next level on completion.
endLevel = display.newCircle( xEndSpawn, yEndSpawn, 10 )
physics.addBody( endLevel, "static", { friction=1 } )

localGroup:insert(endLevel)

endLevel.scene = "1-1"
endLevel:addEventListener("touch", changeScene)
end

return localGroup
end

heres all the code in the file

Could you also post the error message. I do not see any error with localGroup declaration and insert method..

it says ERROR:table expecte, if this is a function call you may have used . instead of :

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ok sure
 
module(..., package.seeall)
 
--local background = display.newImage("1_0.png", true)
Sturret = require("Sturret")
local Sturret
local spawnLevelEnd
local spawnPlayerObject
--require("Rich")
local levelComplete = false
local playerDir = 0
playerSpawnX = 0
playerSpawnY = 0
leveltime = {}
leveltime[1] = 30
dotting = false
local canDraw = true
arrowsLeft = 8
drawnLines = 0
posCount = 1
local fireTime = 0
currentLevel = 1
local playerSpeed = 0
local player
local rich
local richDir = 0
require "sprite"
local richSheet1 = sprite.newSpriteSheet("richClimb1.png",216,360)
local localgroup
 
function new()
localGroup = display.newGroup()
 
local background = display.newImage('1_0.png', true)
localGroup:insert(background)
 
--function levelZeroLoad()
--bakground image PLACEHOLDER
--print((_W/320), _H/480)
--background = display.newImage( "1_0.png", true)
--background.x = 0*_W/320+_W/2
--background.y = 0*_H/480+_H/2
--background:scale(display.contentWidth/320, display.contentHeight/480)
--background:setReferencePoint(display.TopLeftReferencePoint)
--background:toBack()
--localGroup:insert(background)
 
--spawn Player X and Y coords
 
local function spawnPlayerObject(xPlayerSpawn, yPlayerSpawn, richTurn)
local richPlayer = sprite.newSpriteSet(richSheet1,1,6)
sprite.add(richPlayer, "rich", 2,5,500,1)
rich = sprite.newSprite(richPlayer)
rich.x = xPlayerSpawn
rich.y = yPlayerSpawn
rich:scale(_W*0.0009, _W*0.0009) -- scale is used to adjust the size of the object.
richDir = richTurn
rich.rotation = richDir
rich:prepare("rich")
rich:play()
physics.addBody( rich, { friction=1, radius = 15 } ) -- needs a better physics body for collision detection.
localGroup:insert(spawnPlayerObject)
end
 
--level end location X and Y coords
local function spawnLevelEnd(xEndSpawn, yEndSpawn) -- the end of level point code is here. what still needs to be done is the loading of the next level on completion.
endLevel = display.newCircle( xEndSpawn, yEndSpawn, 10 )
physics.addBody( endLevel, "static", { friction=1 } )
 
localGroup:insert(endLevel)
 
endLevel.scene = "1-1"
endLevel:addEventListener("touch", changeScene)
end
 
return localGroup
end