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@ WarrenM
Thanks for the clarification, I think I get abstract methods better now. But even without any abstract reference I still get a "compile error" :)

[edit] Actually you guys are right it was that I was abstracting tSprite. Still I wonder why your not allowed to create an instance of an abstract class.

@ Bot Builder
Your right I should have posted what line number the error pointed to. I did however post the error message. But to save anyone the time of reading previous posts the error and location are:

LINE 23< CHAR 3:
      "Local o:tSprite = New tSprite"
Compile Error
Unable to create new object of abstract "Type"

As for the reason why I wanted to use tSprite as a base class; I wanted to create a tAnimatedSprite class that derived from the tSprite class.

Am I going about this all wrong? Should static and animated sprites be in the same class?

Thanks for your help guys!