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Dark GDK / Best way to.. Animate Sprites?

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Murloc
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Posted: 9th Jan 2009 22:33
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What is the best way to animate sprites,that you are controlling? I have tried doing simple left,up,right,down controlls,and an animated sprite with dimensions of 3x4. I have done the animations but this is not working properly. For example: I hold right Key,I am walking very nice and smooth,but when I press left,I can see UP and DOWN animations till it turns to LEFT Any advices of making an animations?

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Lilith
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Posted: 9th Jan 2009 23:40
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Maybe dbSetSpriteFrame is what you need.

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RancidRat
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Posted: 11th Jan 2009 14:37
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Your problem is that it is playing all the frames instead of just the ones you need for the action? You could always use different sequences depending on the state of what the sprite is doing like:

if (state == MoveUp) FirstFrame = 1; LastFrame = 5;
if (state == MoveLeft) FirstFrame = 6; LastFrame = 10;

dbPlaySprite(MySprite, FirstFrame, LastFrame, Delay);

So that you specify somehow what range if frames are used for the action.

Or you could use dbSetSpriteFrame or dbSetSpriteImage to make your own animation function.
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Swampert
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Posted: 11th Jan 2009 23:36
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I suggest dbSetSpriteFrame() so you have more control

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pcRaider
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Posted: 12th Jan 2009 08:33 Edited at: 12th Jan 2009 08:34
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try this.
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=138349&b=22
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