----------------------------------- Monduman11 Tue Jun 08, 2010 5:31 pm Walking animation help ----------------------------------- What is it you are trying to achieve? i am trying to make my character look as if he is walking instead of just gliding What is the problem you are having? i cant seem to get it to work Describe what you have tried to solve this problem everything i can think of Post any relevant code (You may choose to attach the file instead of posting the code if it is too long) below Input.KeyDown (chars) if chars (KEY_LEFT_ARROW) then loop steps += 1 Pic.Draw (PicName (steps mod pic#)) if chars (KEY_LEFT_ARROW = false) steps := 0 exit end if end loop Please specify what version of Turing you are using 4.1.1 ----------------------------------- Cezna Tue Jun 08, 2010 5:37 pm RE:Walking animation help ----------------------------------- The simplest way would be to draw the character at multiple stages of his run, taking pictures of each, and then either draw these pictures sequentially with Turing, or upload them into another program such as Power Point and make a .gif out of it. You can also check this link to another thread in which someone posted a "Mario Movement Test", which does exactly what it sounds like you are trying to do. Link: http://compsci.ca/v3/viewtopic.php?t=24269&highlight=mario ----------------------------------- Monduman11 Tue Jun 08, 2010 5:51 pm Re: Walking animation help ----------------------------------- ah thank you so much... and btw in your welcome thread i cant reply cause for some reason its set to only mods and admins ----------------------------------- Cezna Tue Jun 08, 2010 5:53 pm RE:Walking animation help ----------------------------------- Hmmmm.... just mine? Or are all of the welcome threads like that? ----------------------------------- Monduman11 Tue Jun 08, 2010 5:54 pm Re: Walking animation help ----------------------------------- im not sure cause ive only tried urs.... hold on ill go check :P edit: i checked and it seems that everyones is like that... wonder why ----------------------------------- Cezna Tue Jun 08, 2010 5:57 pm RE:Walking animation help ----------------------------------- They're probably not supposed to develop into full-fledged conversations. Btw, I'm the chat room right now. Feel free to jump in. ----------------------------------- Monduman11 Tue Jun 08, 2010 5:58 pm Re: Walking animation help ----------------------------------- i would but i cant.. for some reason it gives me an error ----------------------------------- Monduman11 Tue Jun 08, 2010 6:01 pm Re: Walking animation help ----------------------------------- im attaching a picture so u can see for yourself lol ----------------------------------- Cezna Tue Jun 08, 2010 6:01 pm RE:Walking animation help ----------------------------------- It's probably filtering it out. Try closing the page, then coming back (I mean close your browser), and then set it to allow "potentially unsafe content" if/when it prompts you I had the same problem, and doing that fixed it. edit : just saw the attachment, I had that EXACT same error message ----------------------------------- Monduman11 Tue Jun 08, 2010 6:11 pm Re: Walking animation help ----------------------------------- here it is var chars : array char of boolean var x, y : array 0 .. 5 of int var bullet, Posx, Posy : int := 0 var bullettrue : array 0 .. 5 of boolean := init (false, false, false, false, false, false) var ball : int := Pic.FileNew ("fire.bmp") process bulletshoot loop for z : 0 .. 5 if bullettrue (z) then x (z) += 5 Pic.Draw (ball, x (z), y (z), picMerge) if x (z) > maxx then bullettrue (z) := false end if end if end for delay (10) cls View.Update end loop end bulletshoot fork bulletshoot loop Input.KeyDown (chars) if chars ('s') and bullettrue ((bullet + 1) mod 6) = false then bullet += 1 x (bullet mod 6) := Posx y (bullet mod 6) := Posy bullettrue (bullet mod 6) := true loop Input.KeyDown (chars) exit when chars ('s') = false end loop end if end loop ----------------------------------- Cezna Tue Jun 08, 2010 6:16 pm RE:Walking animation help ----------------------------------- Here's a link to a post that explains why processes are bad. http://compsci.ca/v3/viewtopic.php?t=7842 ----------------------------------- Monduman11 Tue Jun 08, 2010 6:48 pm Re: Walking animation help ----------------------------------- Here is the shooting without a process. View.Set ("graphics:500;500,offscreenonly,nobuttonbar,title:Shooting") var ball1 : int := Pic.FileNew ("fire.bmp") const NUM_BULLETS := 6 type bullet : record x : int y : int isAlive : boolean end record function newBullet (newX, newY : int, newIsAlive : boolean) : bullet var b : bullet b.x := newX b.y := newY b.isAlive := newIsAlive result b end newBullet var bullets : array 0 .. NUM_BULLETS of bullet var keys : array char of boolean var preKeys : array char of boolean for i : 1 .. NUM_BULLETS bullets (i) := newBullet (0, 0, false) end for procedure Update () Input.KeyDown (keys) if (keys ('s') and ~preKeys ('s')) then for i : 1 .. NUM_BULLETS if ( ~bullets (i).isAlive) then bullets (i).x := 0 bullets (i).y := 50 bullets (i).isAlive := true exit end if end for end if for i : 1 .. NUM_BULLETS if (bullets (i).isAlive) then bullets (i).x += 10 if (bullets (i).x > maxx) then bullets (i).isAlive := false end if end if end for preKeys := keys end Update procedure Draw_ () cls for i : 1 .. NUM_BULLETS if (bullets (i).isAlive) then Pic.Draw (ball1, bullets (i).x, bullets (i).y, picMerge) end if end for View.Update () end Draw_ loop Update () Draw_ () Time.DelaySinceLast (33) end loop I didint really want to use this one cause TerranceN helped me with it when i couldnt figure out how to do it without a process. but yea if you could somehow help id appreciate it ----------------------------------- Cezna Wed Jun 09, 2010 7:12 pm RE:Walking animation help ----------------------------------- I can't do anything without the picture ;) ----------------------------------- Monduman11 Wed Jun 09, 2010 7:59 pm Re: Walking animation help ----------------------------------- lol its the pic in the attachment :P ----------------------------------- Insectoid Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:01 pm RE:Walking animation help ----------------------------------- @Cezna, You could keep a stock image around for just this type of situation. I find it very helpful. Anyway, what you want is an array of images with the character in different stages of walking. Keep a counter of what image is being used, and then say, if the left arrow key is pressed, increment the counter by 1 and instead of Pic.Draw ("Whatever.bmp"), you'd have Pic.Draw (picArray(counter)). Using a 2d array of left and right images, you can swap which direction the character is facing for left or right movement using a direction variable. For example (a very pseudo-code-y, incomplete example), [code] %pics at (0)(0-24) are left-facing, pics at (1)(0-24) are right-facing var picArray : array 0..1, 0..24 of int var counter : int := 0 var direction : int := 0 proc animate if counter = 24 then counter := 0 else counter += 1 end if end animate loop if (left arrow pressed) then direction := 0 animate elsif (right arrow pressed) then direction := 1 animate end if Pic.Draw (x, y, picArray(direction)(counter)) end loop [/code] You could add an idle pic so if no key is pressed it switches to a default image so he doesn't freeze mid-stride (lawl). ----------------------------------- Cezna Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:10 pm RE:Walking animation help ----------------------------------- Listen to Insectoid, once again, he has pwned me and hopefully helped you solve your problem :) Anyway, :oops: on missing that first attachment, and I never thought of keeping a stock image, but it sounds like a good idea, as it would come in very handy in going through some of the code I find in the help sections of this site. Even though I probably won't be able to improve much on what help Insectoid has given you, I will look through the code regardless with the picture now at my disposal, and if I come up with anything, you'll find it here. ----------------------------------- Monduman11 Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:12 pm Re: Walking animation help ----------------------------------- ah kk i see what your getting at . thx insectoid ill try it out and see how it goes ----------------------------------- Monduman11 Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:14 pm Re: RE:Walking animation help ----------------------------------- Listen to Insectoid, once again, he has pwned me and hopefully helped you solve your problem :) Anyway, :oops: on missing that first attachment, and I never thought of keeping a stock image, but it sounds like a good idea, as it would come in very handy in going through some of the code I find in the help sections of this site. Even though I probably won't be able to improve much on what help Insectoid has given you, I will look through the code regardless with the picture now at my disposal, and if I come up with anything, you'll find it here. kk thx , and insectoid helped with the walking animation not the shooting thing, he just gave me a suggestion on how else i could do it ----------------------------------- Cezna Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:16 pm RE:Walking animation help ----------------------------------- Dang, was about to post an edit :( Here is a link to another topic where there was a discussion on the same stuff Insectoid was talking about: http://compsci.ca/v3/viewtopic.php?t=25497 ----------------------------------- Monduman11 Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:18 pm Re: Walking animation help ----------------------------------- ah kk thanks again lol ----------------------------------- Insectoid Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:24 pm RE:Walking animation help ----------------------------------- Shooting is pretty easy to do. Have a flexible array (or just a big enough regular array to hold the maximum number of shots possible on screen at a time) and whenever the 'shoot' button is pressed, add the character's x, y and direction coordinates to the array (either use 3 arrays for the 3 elements or a record if you know how). Then, in your main loop, have a separate loop that moves all the bullets (direction should be either -1 or 1 for ease of use). Keep a counter to control how soon a bullet can be fired off (set it to like, 10 or something and then decrement it every frame and don't let the gun fire unless the counter's less than 0, then set to 10 again). Or use Time.SinceLast or whatever it's called. ----------------------------------- Monduman11 Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:27 pm Re: RE:Walking animation help ----------------------------------- Shooting is pretty easy to do. Have a flexible array (or just a big enough regular array to hold the maximum number of shots possible on screen at a time) and whenever the 'shoot' button is pressed, add the character's x, y and direction coordinates to the array (either use 3 arrays for the 3 elements or a record if you know how). Then, in your main loop, have a separate loop that moves all the bullets (direction should be either -1 or 1 for ease of use). Keep a counter to control how soon a bullet can be fired off (set it to like, 10 or something and then decrement it every frame and don't let the gun fire unless the counter's less than 0, then set to 10 again). Or use Time.SinceLast or whatever it's called. i already have the shooting thing and it works seperatly but when i try to add it to the game, whenever i press the shoot button the fireball is shot but it doenst blend in with the game it just shoots leaving a white line behind it ----------------------------------- Insectoid Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:31 pm RE:Walking animation help ----------------------------------- Does it freeze the rest of your game? ----------------------------------- Monduman11 Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:34 pm Re: RE:Walking animation help ----------------------------------- Does it freeze the rest of your game? no once the shooting is done the game continues to work, the only problem im having is that i cant seem to make it be one with the game ----------------------------------- Insectoid Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:40 pm RE:Walking animation help ----------------------------------- I assume your game looks a bit like this [code] loop %do stuff loop exit when bullet hits something move bullet end loop %draw stuff end loop [/code] It really should look more like this [code] var bullets: array 1..num_bullets of int %array of bullets loop %do stuff for x: 1..num_bullets move bullets(x) ONCE end for %draw stuff end loop [/code] What's happening in yours is when you fire a bullet, the program enters a loop which effectively pauses the program and focuses all its attention on moving that bullet. Rather, the bullet should be moved like a character; only once per loop. Moving two things at the same time is a vital part of animation and learning how will be invaluable. ----------------------------------- Monduman11 Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:42 pm Re: Walking animation help ----------------------------------- ah kk ill try to edit my code and see if i can make it work :) if not ill keep on trying till i get it lol ----------------------------------- Cezna Thu Jun 10, 2010 11:47 am RE:Walking animation help ----------------------------------- You just need to redraw the background every time you move the fireball to prevent that white line from showing up, and use setscreen ("offscreenonly")