For example, if a sprite is added to the stage, just call stage.removeChild(sp); instead of stageRef.removeChild(sp); and having to pass a stage ref in for each constructor.

in the play game function:
private function playGame(e:MouseEvent) : void
{
this.stageRef.dispatchEvent(new Event(”gameSTART”));

}
and in the Engine.as, under the preLoader.addEventListener…stuff, add the following:
stage.addEventListener(”gameSTART”, fGameStart);

then in the Engine.as, create the following function:

private function fGameStart(evt:Event):void {

//code to start your game goes here…

}

It works great for me…..in fact I added four different game start buttons (various difficulty) and just process which one was clicked.

Great set of tutorials by the way!

i get an error:1120: Access of undefined property btnPlay.

but i didnt get only one thing. what will be the code inside the
playGame function ??????

plz can any one help me with this.

by the way thanks a lot man greate tutorial i followed the complete tutorial. love u man….

But I have a question. I’m trying to start my game from the MainMenu class, as you’ll probably explain in your next tutorial. I have no idea how to do this.
Can you help?

In the Engine’s loadAsset() function, if you simply change “this.play;” to “gotoAndStop(3);” you don’t have to nullify your functions parameters. You’re still passing frame 2 so everything gets loaded for the engine to use, but you never display frame 2, so linked MCs in the asset holder won’t cause the #1009 error.