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al::LiveActor
LiveActor is a class that represents an actor in a scene1). This can be an enemy, level geometry, or anything in between. Most inherited classes use the Nerve system to distribute code to different functions, instead of just 1 update function.
Alive & Dead
StageScene uses its camera and other factors to determine if a LiveActor is currently “alive” or “dead”, alive meaning its code is being run, dead meaning it is not. For StageScene actors that are not on screen are dead, which benefits performance.
Functions
init
This function takes an ActorInitInfo parameter with the BYML node this actor is being created from in the stage file. It is used by inherited classes to initialize the Nerve system and the actor itself.
makeActorAlive & makeActorDead
These functions manually make the actor alive/dead.
movement
This is the internal “update” function for LiveActor. It updates all “Keepers” (NerveKeeper, etc.), and calls control.
control
This function is called every frame if the actor is alive.