Is there anyway to have a animated event object in game?

[Zoltor]

Without having to make a special A1 Tileset(and just creating an event on it, which Isn't really what I need anyway), is there a way to have a animated object as an event object?

 

[AngelGrace]

Absolutely.

When you're making the event, check both "Stepping Animation" and "Walking Animation" boxes underneath the graphic.

If there's an animation, it will run it.

 

[Zoltor]

Absolutely.

When you're making the event, check both "Stepping Animation" and "Walking Animation" boxes underneath the graphic.

If there's an animation, it will run it.

Oh ok, so just make it as I wouold a spritesheet then, and check both boxes? Thanks

 

[Shaz]

You only need Walking Animation if the event is actually moving to different tiles.


Walking Animation makes it animate while walking.


Stepping Animation makes it animate while staying in one place.


Depends on what sort of animation you want - how many frames and if it'll just go back and forth between them (ie - the middle one will play twice)

 

[Zoltor]

You only need Walking Animation if the event is actually moving to different tiles.

Walking Animation makes it animate while walking.

Stepping Animation makes it animate while staying in one place.

Depends on what sort of animation you want - how many frames and if it'll just go back and forth between them (ie - the middle one will play twice)

Oh ok.

It's only a simple 2 frame animation(it was just a torch's flame that shifted left to right, not meant to be some super smooth, fluid movement).

 

[Engr. Adiktuzmiko]

you'd still need three frames if ur gonna use the stepping animation... because that's how the engine handle spritesheet animation by default...


else, you can use 2 event pages... one for each frame... then just make them both run on parallel process, wait x frames, set self switch A to on for Page 1, make page 2 use the condition self switch A, then make it also run on parallel and wait x frames, turn off self switch A

 

[Zoltor]

you'd still need three frames if ur gonna use the stepping animation... because that's how the engine handle spritesheet animation by default...

else, you can use 2 event pages... one for each frame... then just make them both run on parallel process, wait x frames, set self switch A to on for Page 1, make page 2 use the condition self switch A, then make it also run on parallel and wait x frames, turn off self switch A

Yea, I just created a spritesheet, alternating the 2 frame(first row, 3 copies of the 1st frame, 2nd row 3 copies of the 2nd frame, 3rd row 3 copies of the 1st frame, and 4th row 3 copies of the 2nd frame). the actual animation of the sprite works fine(there's problems with the pic being displayed properly, just not with the animated part of the pic).

 

[Engr. Adiktuzmiko]

Animation is from left to right... the rows are for facings...


you can just use 1 row for that 2 frame animation...


Column 1 => Frame 1


Column 2 => Frame 2


Column 3 => Frame 1

 

[Zoltor]

Animation is from left to right... the rows are for facings...

you can just use 1 row for that 2 frame animation...

Column 1 => Frame 1

Column 2 => Frame 2

Column 3 => Frame 1

Oh ok cool(that's what I thought, but wasn't 100% sure, so I just used the spritesheet format to be safe).

 

[Engr. Adiktuzmiko]

you still need to save it as a full 4 rowed spritesheet... but you can leave rows 2 to 4 blank if you don't need it... and maybe put a $ on it's name since it's a single sprite sheet

 

[Zoltor]

you still need to save it as a full 4 rowed spritesheet... but you can leave rows 2 to 4 blank if you don't need it... and maybe put a $ on it's name since it's a single sprite sheet

Lol ok, thanks for pointing that out(I would be like why the hell Isn't it working now, Engr Shana said it would work).