----------------------------------- basketball4ever Fri Jan 28, 2005 12:28 am animation without loops ----------------------------------- is it possible?? and how??? ----------------------------------- basketball4ever Fri Jan 28, 2005 12:28 am ----------------------------------- i was taught to do turing animations with for loops... is there any other way...? ----------------------------------- Cervantes Fri Jan 28, 2005 7:19 am ----------------------------------- If by for loops you mean for loops inside of a main loop, that's bad. What you want to do is have a bunch of pictures that you can flip through. Each time through the main loop (or you could have it based on time), add one to the counter (and if the counter is more than the max number of pictures, set it back to one). Draw the picture associated with that counter number. ----------------------------------- person Fri Jan 28, 2005 10:57 am ----------------------------------- by "for loops" he means counting loops ----------------------------------- cycro1234 Fri Jan 28, 2005 12:02 pm ----------------------------------- That's why u add the "counter" variable that increases by 1 each time the loop runs. ----------------------------------- basketball4ever Fri Jan 28, 2005 3:38 pm ----------------------------------- well i figured the normal loops out already quite a while ago... but i was owondering if turing has functions that can do animations without loops since it cant load gif files... is there a way? ----------------------------------- Cervantes Fri Jan 28, 2005 4:30 pm ----------------------------------- Turing 4.0.x can't, as far as I know. Perhaps sprites from pre-Turing 4 could do it; I don't know, I've never used them. Perhaps DanSprite could do it, but again, I don't really know. :? There is no reason why you shouldn't be able to use loops for your animation. Why don't you want to? ----------------------------------- Bacchus Fri Jan 28, 2005 4:38 pm ----------------------------------- and turing Can load .gif, theres even a tutorial on it :) ----------------------------------- person Fri Jan 28, 2005 4:46 pm ----------------------------------- he cant use it until June 2004. check F10 ----------------------------------- cycro1234 Fri Jan 28, 2005 4:48 pm ----------------------------------- June 2004???? We're in 2005 already, if u didn't know..:) ----------------------------------- person Fri Jan 28, 2005 4:49 pm ----------------------------------- i know its 2005 but it still doesnt work ----------------------------------- basketball4ever Fri Jan 28, 2005 4:50 pm ----------------------------------- i know its 2005 but it still doesnt work then a question for you: then y did you even post that last message??? you should really think before you post ----------------------------------- cycro1234 Fri Jan 28, 2005 4:54 pm ----------------------------------- There was a whole discussion on how Holt Soft didn't buy the license to use some pictures. ----------------------------------- Bacchus Fri Jan 28, 2005 4:56 pm ----------------------------------- yes i kno holtsoft doesnt allow the .gif.. but there is a tutorial so im guessing some ppl got it to work. now quit arguing and quit spamming ----------------------------------- MysticVegeta Fri Jan 28, 2005 7:14 pm ----------------------------------- http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?t=4637&highlight=irfanview ----------------------------------- Cervantes Fri Jan 28, 2005 7:28 pm ----------------------------------- and turing Can load .gif, theres even a tutorial on it :) Nope. And the tutorial on the subject does not explain how to use .gif images in turing (because it can't be done) it merely explains how to do animation. And, for that matter, it uses a loop. i know its 2005 but it still doesnt work then a question for you: then y did you even post that last message??? you should really think before you post So should you. There's no need to go harassing members. This is not the first time. ----------------------------------- basketball4ever Fri Jan 28, 2005 7:44 pm ----------------------------------- http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?t=4637&highlight=irfanview yeh i checked that out... but thats just breaking up a gif frames... or stuff... not really wat i wanted. But i'm checking out the new way of getting gif files on turing. ----------------------------------- ste_louis26 Fri Jan 28, 2005 7:54 pm ----------------------------------- i think u just loop it and put x = x+2 and exit when x gets to a certain point but its still in a loop just not a counting loop. ----------------------------------- Bacchus Fri Jan 28, 2005 11:11 pm ----------------------------------- and turing Can load .gif, theres even a tutorial on it :) Nope. And the tutorial on the subject does not explain how to use .gif images in turing (because it can't be done) it merely explains how to do animation. iono, i just was reading thru some tutorials and saw the title which says u can use .gif in turing ----------------------------------- 1337_brad Sat Jan 29, 2005 12:47 am ...? ----------------------------------- Why would you use a counter in a loop rather than using a for loop? o.o; (sorry just reffering to something somebody said early in this topic =/) ----------------------------------- Neo Sat Jan 29, 2005 12:50 am Re: ...? ----------------------------------- Why would you use a counter in a loop rather than using a for loop? o.o; (sorry just reffering to something somebody said early in this topic =/) Because sometimes you might want to have 2 counters or 3 or 4... If you used 2 for loops, only 1 can execute at a time. ----------------------------------- basketball4ever Sat Jan 29, 2005 10:27 am ----------------------------------- yeh using a loop counter u can animate more than 1 thing at a time... and more efficently. I've decided to just use the loop counter, thanks ya'll.