Constantly Animated Sprites - Printable Version

Constantly Animated Sprites - Printable Version

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Constantly Animated Sprites - Robin - 09-07-2007

This will make it so certain player and npc sprites are constantly animated.

My game has the attack frame as a standing still frame, and the frames on either side as stepping frames.
Adjust according to your source

Here's the function where you set what sprites are constantly animated.

Edit it according to your sprite sheet.

You could also save them to a file.

Code:
Public Function IsConstAnim(ByVal sprite As Long) As Boolean

Select Case sprite

  Case 1

    IsConstAnim = True

    Exit Function

IsConstAnim = False

End Function

In my source, I set a quick if statement to sort out the actual blting, but you can do other wise.

Code:
If IsConstAnim(GetPlayerSprite(Index)) = False Then

Is what I had before the animation is set for the normal walking, then after that is decided I added this:

Code:
Else

      With Player(Index)

        If GetTickCount > .animtimer + 100 Then

          Select Case .anim

            Case 0

              .animtype = 1

              .anim = 1

            Case 1

              If .animtype = 0 Then

                .anim = 0

              ElseIf .animtype = 1 Then

                .anim = 2

              End If

            Case 2

              .animtype = 0

              .anim = 1

          End Select

          .animtimer = GetTickCount

        End If

        anim = .anim

      End With

    End If

Add the required data to the playerrec as a long and byte respectively.

For NPCS just change:

Code:
With Player(Index)

to:

Code:
With MapNpc(MapNpcNum)

and the IsConstAnim call to:

Code:
If IsConstAnim(Npc(MapNpc(MapNpcNum).Num).sprite) = False Then

Enjoy.

Re: Constantly Animated Sprites - Braydok - 14-08-2007

Last time I checked, I thought that you needed to dim a variable before you used it.
I do believe that you did not dim animtimer and animtype.
Also, you need to add a end select to the function.

EDIT:
I tried this tutorial out, and I had to completely revamp it to get the 1st sprite to anim, and none of the others worked, so there is obviously something wrong with this tutorial.
Sorry, Robin.

Re: Constantly Animated Sprites - Robin - 14-08-2007

This isn't a copy and paste tutorial, and I didn't give you everything so people couldn't just leach.

It takes basic programming knowledge to make it work.

Re: Constantly Animated Sprites - Braydok - 14-08-2007

I should have thought of that... Well, you might want to post that somewhere, so people don't get confuzled.

Re: Constantly Animated Sprites - Robin - 14-08-2007

It's now in the third post down.

Re: Constantly Animated Sprites - Braydok - 14-08-2007

Nicely done.

Re: Constantly Animated Sprites - Matt - 16-08-2007

I got it working easy.

I just added constanim as byte to the npc rec and saved the value of a checkbox to it and then checked that in the bltnpc/top subs.

Works perfectly! ^_^

Re: Constantly Animated Sprites - William - 16-08-2007

MIght be cool to make the players eyes close and open.

Re: Constantly Animated Sprites - Rezeyu - 16-08-2007

Idle animations ftw.

Re: Constantly Animated Sprites - William - 16-08-2007

Rezeyu Wrote:Idle animations ftw.

Almost impossible if you have paperdoll.

Re: Constantly Animated Sprites - Rezeyu - 16-08-2007

I had idle animations on my paperdoll.

=/

Re: Constantly Animated Sprites - William - 16-08-2007

But you'll have to pixel the animation if its not just for the eyes.

Re: Constantly Animated Sprites - Matt - 16-08-2007

I only use it for flying creatures.

Re: Constantly Animated Sprites - Robin - 17-08-2007

Perfekt Wrote:I only use it for flying creatures.

Same. I remember bringing it up ages ago with DarkAngel.

Re: Constantly Animated Sprites - Soyokaze - 05-05-2008

EDIT: Nevermind! I got it working finally, just had to save to a text box instead! ^_^;

This is so awesome!