Question

Alright guys, so I’ve got a GameObject class and I inherited it to my Player class.
So I’ve done this in the constructor:

 public Player(Vector2 position, Texture2D tex):base(position,tex)
    {
    }

Now, I have a Draw method, and I need the Texture to use the Draw method.
But because I used the Texture from the GameObject class I can’t use the texture in this method.
What can I do about it?
Leave a comment if you didn’t understand anything.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You should post a snippet of your GameObject class. Using my psychic abilities, I reckon your Texture object is declared as private in GameObject. Change it to protected like this:

class GameObject
{
    protected Texture2D _texture;
    public GameObject(Vector2 position, Texture2D tex)
    {
        ...
        _texture = tex;
    }
}

class Player : GameObject
{
    public Player(Vector2 position, Texture2D tex):base(position,tex)
    {
    }

    public override void Draw(...)
    {
        // _texture should be accessible from here.
    }
}

Read Access Modifiers to learn more about using private, protected, etc.