How do I move pics and change the pic at the same time?

[DanceMacabre]

I got a sprite sheet of riku from kingdom hearts and I want to know how I can go about making him run in one of 8 directions. How do I do that?

[TokenHerbz]

i dont use sprites myself... What i do is have some pics for each motion, then use a counter and draw them where they apply...

if moving right draw right1, then right 2, back to 1, and again to 2, when you stop moving right, draw right3 (which will hole the stationary image)...

do this for 4 directions, which is what i do, of a total of 9 pics: Long and crappy work, but i was bored enough to do it, though im sure theres an easier way using the Pic. commands to flip them, etc:

[Delos]

TokenHerbz...what do think sprites essentially are!? Sorry to break it to you, but you have the makings of sprites right there.
Essentially what you'll need to do is to take the sprite sheet and divide it up into seperate pictures - then perform Token's idea upon them. This division could be done either before hand and have each pic saved seperately; or directly from the sprite sheet each time the proggie runs. I'd suggest the former, since it makes your life easier, and doesn't detract from functionality.

[DanceMacabre]

what would the code look like for that? sorry, Ive only taken one semester with turing

[TokenHerbz]

Oh delos, i was thinking sprites where like "dan sprites" which was different..

code can LOOK LIKE this **not this isn't the actuall stuff**

code:

if keys (RIGHT_ARROW_KEY) then     %%we have a boolean which switch's back and forth to simulate movement     if draw_start = true then         %%we draw pic 1         %%set bool to false     end if     %%we need to move the guy too      manx += manvx elsif %%left keys / up / down , we do same else  %%i use this to draw still image's, position facing the direction     %%simplist code to use for this is     if dir_right = true then         %%draw stand_right pic     elsif dir_left = true then    %%etc     end if end if %%Note, to get dir, simplist way is when you go right, set right := true / others false,   does this help at all???  if you want i can show you my code for my rpg.   But learning threw doing it is better then reading it, (i find anyways)

[Cervantes]

TokenHerbz wrote:

Oh delos, i was thinking sprites where like "dan sprites" which was different..

Turing's built-in Sprites (that most people don't have access to), DanSprites, BacchusSprites, I think we had another one... They're all based on the same principle.

[Delos]

Where is Bacchus these days? Still around or did he leave a while back?

[DanceMacabre]

Many thanks. This is a great help.

[DanceMacabre]

WAIT!!!!! I'm completely lost with this true/false stuff. Also what kind of variables I'm Using. I'll take that RPG code
please...

[Clayton]

okay, first take a look through the Turing Walkthrough, i will help you immensly if you are new to programming, if you have any questions after post them

p.s. why did you name urself after a death march?

[DanceMacabre]

LOL...I named myself DanceMacabre after a weapon in final fantasy 10.

[Albrecd]

A more efficient way to determine which picture to draw than true and false would be mod. For example:

code:

var num := 0 loop     num := (num + 1) mod 5     put num end loop

Will display the numbers 1 to 5 and then repeat from one.
The range of numbers can easily be modified by changing mod 5 to mod something else.[/code]