[Help]Plataform games:attacking

Hey guys,

can you help me out?I want my plataform's main character to attack when i press the button,but he just starts to attack and he doesn't finish the animation,how can i finish my attack animation without having to keep pressing the button?

EDIT:Oh yea...the attack has to be a meelee attack,like,slashing with a sword or punching,not like a gun.

Thanks

If the problem is what I think it is, you should use what they call a state machine. Have a private variable for that character called "State", and use it to control animations. Like this:

On button pressed

Set State to "attack"

On "attackAnimation" finished

Set State to "stand"

If State = "attack"

Set animation to "attackAnimation"

If State = "stand"

Set animation to "stand"

See what I mean? It's really handy for controlling things, especially when you have more and more animations to cycle through.

Hey,Thanks

that's really useful