How do I set a animation based on mouse's position?

Hey there, im new to the community! Just got this amazing software a couple days ago and im still learning the basics before i can in fact focus on my own game. =D

But, im stuck for a while already, and i've searched everywhere, tried many different ways, but without success... Im trying to make my character run a specific animation as it moves to where i pointed with mouse (its moving ok to the position, but as a static sprite). I was messing around trying to get the mouse' angle, position, but it never worked for all 8 movement animations (4 diretions plus 4 diagonals). Someone enlighten me, please.

Thanks in advance! o/

which method (behaviour) are you using for the movement?

which method (behaviour) are you using for the movement?

Pathfinder.

You can get the moving-angle of your sprite with the expression

Sprite.Pathfinding.MovingAngle

You can get the moving-angle of your sprite with the expression

Sprite.Pathfinding.MovingAngle

Didnt work.. =/ Maybe i put them on the wrong place, but the system didnt recognize these expressions... Can you be more specific about how/where should i use this expression? sry, im a newbie yet..

you probably want to know if the player's moving angle is between certain agles to switch animations, so this is how:

first set rotate off in the pathfinding properties.

(YourSpriteName) pathfinding is moving along path

System is between: (YourSpriteName).pathfinding.movingangle -between- 22.5 -And- 67.5

• set animation to down-right

(YourSpriteName) pathfinding is moving along path

System is between: (YourSpriteName).pathfinding.movingangle -between- 67.5 -And- 112.5

• set animation to down

etcetera..

you probably want to know if the player's moving angle is between certain agles to switch animations, so this is how:

first set rotate off in the pathfinding properties.

(YourSpriteName) pathfinding is moving along path

System is between: (YourSpriteName).pathfinding.movingangle -between- 22.5 -And- 67.5

- set animation to down-right

(YourSpriteName) pathfinding is moving along path

System is between: (YourSpriteName).pathfinding.movingangle -between- 67.5 -And- 112.5

- set animation to down

etcetera..

Hey, thank you so much for your help! It really works now the way i wanted! \o/

I was trying before with a different behavior (Pathfinder, instead of Pathfinding as you suggested), now the character moves really smooth in all 8 directions, except to the right, which is the spot that theres the angle between 340 and 20, and i dont know what i should put in the expression to make the 340 ''jump'' through the 0 instead of 'running' all the way back. Any idea on this? Its probably very simple but im still to newbie to figure it out.. lol

No problem

for the 340/20 issue you can just use -20 and 20..

Good luck with the rest of your Game!