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updateStage

Syntax

updateStage

Description

Command; redraws the Stage immediately instead of only between frames.

The updateStage command redraws sprites, performs transitions, plays sounds, sends a prepareFrame message (affecting movie and behavior scripts), and sends a stepFrame message (which affects actorList).

Example

This handler changes the sprite's horizontal and vertical locations and redraws the Stage so that the sprite appears in the new location without having to wait for the playback head to move:

on moveRight whichSprite, howFar
	sprite(whichSprite).locH = sprite(whichSprite).locH + howFar
	updateStage
end moveRight