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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / Sprite animation?

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Mugen Wizardry
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Posted: 2nd Jan 2011 15:55 Edited at: 2nd Jan 2011 15:55
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Hi all, I would like to make the attached bitmap as a sprite, and animate it in a 3d world, facing the camera. can i please have a small example?

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Mugen Wizardry
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Posted: 2nd Jan 2011 16:03
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Here is an avi of the animation.

It should work EXACTLY like this, except a TRANSPARENT background, and a MUCH bigger sprite animation.

It also needs to work in a 3d world

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Mugen Wizardry
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Posted: 2nd Jan 2011 16:18 Edited at: 2nd Jan 2011 16:19
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i have some code for avi.

but i want it to be a transparent background sprite
that animates.



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Mugen Wizardry
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Posted: 2nd Jan 2011 17:58 Edited at: 2nd Jan 2011 17:59
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New code, but I still can't turn it into one continuous, transparent background animated sprite..



the sprite is attached to 1 of the older posts

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Posted: 3rd Jan 2011 05:36
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you're not gonna display sprites in a 3D environment, sprites are meant for 2D games. If you want to display it in 3D, break the image up so each frame is a separate image. Texture a 3D plane with an image then continuously loop through retexturing with another image in the sequence. Use a timer to control the speed of the animation.

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Posted: 3rd Jan 2011 11:14
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Quote: "Texture a 3D plane with an image then continuously loop through retexturing with another image in the sequence. "


This is very slow. You're better off using a sprite sheet and changing the UV coordinates that the plain uses for texturing.

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Posted: 4th Jan 2011 19:47
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Or make the animation an animated GIF file, and play it to the object.

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Mugen Wizardry
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Posted: 4th Jan 2011 20:42
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i played it to an mpeg

thanks guys

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