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1 is generally used for pickups and often things like fire hydrants. 3 is useful only for very symmetrical actors but does give the most angles. 5 and 7 are for enemies and simila which have a single axis of symetry and where you wan't a front view such that when they face at you they actually look like they are facing at you. 8 is for stuff with little in the way of symetry. | 1 is generally used for pickups and often things like fire hydrants. 3 is useful only for very symmetrical actors but does give the most angles. 5 and 7 are for enemies and simila which have a single axis of symetry and where you wan't a front view such that when they face at you they actually look like they are facing at you. 8 is for stuff with little in the way of symetry. --> | ||
<incvalue> is the direction of the animation. 1 to advance forward, -1 to go back. | <incvalue> is the direction of the animation. 1 to advance forward, -1 to go back. | ||
Revision as of 17:27, 25 April 2006
An action is an animation for an actor. Actions are defined outside of an actor.
action <name> <startframe> <frames> <viewtype> <incvalue> <delay>
<name> is the name of the action.
<startframe> is the starting frame number (relative to the main sprite of the actor).
<frames> is the total number of frames in the action. Must be at least 1.
<viewtype> is the number of sides drawn for the actor. Prior to 3D models, this method was used to simulate a 3D appearance for sprites. Valid values are:
- 1 - The sprite will appear the same regardless of the angle at which it is viewed.
- 3 - The sprite will have 16 angles built from only 4 art tiles. A new frame is drawn every 22.5 degrees in a clockwise pattern beginning with the front of the sprite. The pattern is as follows, with 1, 2, 3, and 4 being the order of the four tiles used, and M denoting that the tile is mirrored: 1M, 2M, 3M, 4M, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1M, 2M, 3M, 4M, 4, 3, 2, 1.
- 5 - The sprite will have 8 angles constructed from 5 art tiles, three of which are mirrored. A new frame is drawn every 45 degrees in a clockwise pattern beginning with the front of the sprite using the following pattern: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 4M, 3M, 2M.
- 7 - The sprite will have 12 angles constructed from 7 art tiles, five of which are mirrored. A new frame is drawn every 30 degrees in a clockwise pattern beginning with the front of the sprite using the following pattern: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 6M, 5M, 4M, 3M, 2M.
- 8 - The sprite will have 8 angles constructed from 8 art tiles. A new frame is drawn every 45 degress in a clockwise pattern beginning with the front of the sprite using the simple pattern: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
<incvalue> is the direction of the animation. 1 to advance forward, -1 to go back.
<delay> is the delay between frames.
To call an action from within an actor simply put:
action <name>
Note: Every frame advance adds 1 to actioncount. To reset an animation, either call the action again or use resetactioncount. Starting a new animation will also reset actioncount to 0.