So I hav a object called BasicSword which is a derived class of MeleeWeapon, and in a object called BasicSoldier i hav some code like this:

object BasicSoldier {
   fun init() {
      this.meleeWeapon = BasicSword
      .....
    }
    lateinit var meleeWeapon : MeleeWeapon

How do i instantiiate the BasicSword object ? It has a fun init() method which is used to instantiate it. Pls help

you can only initialize it from outside

BasicSoldier.meleeWeapon = BasicWord()

somewhere in your code

an

init { ... }

block is not the same as a

fun init()

by the way

im making BasicSoldier a object since i dont want to go on creating tons of BsicSoldier objects in my game, which could add to the memory requirements

I mean, you only get the one BasicSoldier like that

An object is something that you'll only ever have one instance of. For all other types of things, you want a normal class.

I know i can do that @robin but BasicSword is a object as well How do i instantiate BasicSword to meleeWeapon so that it doesnt give me errors later?

Why should it give you errors later? BasicSword being an object means that it gets instantiated automatically as soon as it is used. Without seeing the code of BasicSword I can't see anything inherently wrong with the code I posted.

nvm i solved it