Animations

Am I the -only- person not able to get anything animated?

No matter what my conditions are, the only animation I can get sprites to play is the default one.

Also don't get me started on how clunky the animation editor is, but I'm sure it's getting fixed. I can't delete animations, or preview them, reorder them, copy or paste them (unless I do it frame by frame), also what's the difference between an animation and a sub-animation? In any case, I'm sure this has all been said before so I digress to my original problem..

Anyone got something to help?

I'm using private variables to animate.

Animation frame number AFAIR is 1-based.

It is really hard to use current Animation Editor, so I can only advice to carefully prepare sprites in (for example) TGF editor and then paste frame by frame. One mistake and everything must be done from beginning <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_sad.gif" alt=":(" title="Sad" />.

Seems to be working for me. Are you using quotes around the animation name when setting the animation?

I'm able to set animations properly as well, but yeah, we definitely need the animation editor fleshed out a little more.

Yeah like for example my code is similar to this:

1 If private variable "moving" = 1

Set animation to "walking"

2 If private variable "moving" <> 1

Set animation to "Default"

And all I ever get is default, even when "moving" = 1.

Am I supposed to set the animation AND play it? cause if I do the same thing happens...

Hmm I just tried what I put there, if I put a trigger once while true event in it seems to work. FINALLY, perhaps it was constantly playing the animation from frame 1 and before frame 1 was finished it had restarted the animation and my frame 1 of walking was the same as frame 1 default...

I guess that explains it!