behaviors over classes?

#1 So why is it that when I create a behavior wich acts like a class, onLevelLoaded essentially,

It will carry things like setSize, setPosition, setImageMap etc... does it not work.

In my case anyway I have built a behavior so I dont have to constantly relaod to make adjustments of things like size, image position etc, but why does it not work?


I imagine the same code in onLevelLoaded would.

if(!isObject(floorClassBehavior))
{
	%template = new BehaviorTemplate(floorClassBehavior);
	
	%template.friendlyName = "floor class behavior";
	%template.description = "controls floor class";
	%template.behaviorType = "Class Manager";
	
	%template.addBehaviorField(floorImageMap, object, "floorImageMap", t2dStaticSprite);
	%template.addBehaviorField(floorGraphGroup, "", int, "7");
	%template.addBehaviorField(floorWidth, "", float, "100");
	%template.addBehaviorField(floorHieght, "", float, "100");
	%template.addBehaviorField(floorPosX, "", float, "0");
	%template.addBehaviorField(floorPosY, "", float, "0");

}	


function floorClassBehavior::onBehaviorAdd(%this)
{
	%this.owner.setImageMap(%this.floorImageMap, 0);
	%this.owner.setGraphGroup(%this.floorGraphGroup);
	%this.owner.setSize(floorWidth, floorHieght);
	%this.owner.setPosition(%this.floorPosX, %this.floorPosY);
}

#2 I forgot to mention something else, which I just noticed which I can not explain.



Using this behavior my, upon adding it to a floorImageMap, it disappears. but was still selectable as one little dot, so I zoomed in, and zoomed in, and zoomed in, and zoomed in and it still, the floorImageMap exist.


:wtf?

#3 OK, my apologies, I have just noticed I left out the %this, for my sizing variables.

#4 You should be using both. I do hear that performance wise behaviors are slower, but asking behaviors or classes is like asking mallet or hammer. A mallet will put a nail in a wall and a hammer will secure wood. But a mallet might bend the nail and a hammer might break the wood. Use the right tool for the job.

#5 hmm, so what's the right job?

I suppose it is the game you are building. I will be building very light weight games for this year, relatively speaking of course So I am guessing, for now behaviors should do me fine. Tho, I thought differently about a lot of things than I do know, last week.



Thanks.