The answer of course is casting. Let's set up a subclass of AwesomeActor and see how we can use it.
Create a new file in our
AwesomeGame/Classesfolder and call itUberActor. Type the following code into it:class UberActor extends AwesomeActor placeable; function UberFunction() { `log("UberFunction was called!"); } defaultproperties { }We're extending off of
AwesomeActorand adding a function calledUberFunctionthat will log when it is called. Remembering our inheritance, we don't need the sprite in the default properties because we will inherit it fromAwesomeActor.Compile the code and open the editor. If we take a look in the Actor browser we'll see our
UberActorunderneathAwesomeActorin the class tree.
Close the editor for now; we'll be spawning the
UberActordirectly so we can get an easy reference to it.In our
AwesomePlayerControllerclass, add theStartFirefunction again and spawn anUberActorinto ourMyAwesomeActorvariable...