So I hav a object called BasicSword which is a derived class of MeleeWeapon, and in a object called ...

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[otakusenpai]

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

[Andreas Sinz]

you can only initialize it from outside BasicSoldier.meleeWeapon = BasicWord() somewhere in your code

[Shawn]

an init { ... } block is not the same as a fun init() by the way

[Shawn]

should BasicSoldier be a singleton? that’s what top-level named `object`s are

[otakusenpai]

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

[Shawn]

I mean, you only get the one BasicSoldier like that

[Shawn]

if you need more than one instance, you may end up sharing state between all of them

[Shawn]

I’m no game designer, but perhaps you want an object pool instead?

[robin]

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

[robin]

But if that's actually what you want, you can do this:

object BasicSoldier {
    var meleeWeapon: MeleeWeapon = BasicSword
}

That will initialize the weapon with BasicSword the moment the object ist first used (as that is also when the object is actually created in memory)

[otakusenpai]

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?

[otakusenpai]

sorry I had gone asleep, it was 2 am in the morning yesterday

[robin]

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.

[otakusenpai]

nvm i solved it