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[Sengir]

hi! I got some problems with the animations of my char...my game it's a platform, when my char make a step and I'm holding "right" button it doesn't make the cycle of walking but keep the first frame of the animation, and when I release the button the cycle start...how can I fix it? thank yoU!!!!

[Ataraxia]

hi! I got some problems with the animations of my char...my game it's a platform, when my char make a step and I'm holding "right" button it doesn't make the cycle of walking but keep the first frame of the animation, and when I release the button the cycle start...how can I fix it? thank yoU!!!!

Post your movement code so we can have a look and see whats going on.

[Sengir]

this is a part of the code that I put in the step event of the char:


if (keyboard_check(vk_right))
{
    sprite_index=run_right
   
}

when I'm holding the right button, the software shows only the first subimage..reading around I see that's caused by the sprite_index, every clock it is set =0...but how can i start the animation and make it ends when I release the button?

[Ataraxia]

this is a part of the code that I put in the step event of the char:


if (keyboard_check(vk_right))
{
    sprite_index=run_right
   
}

when I'm holding the right button, the software shows only the first subimage..reading around I see that's caused by the sprite_index, every clock it is set =0...but how can i start the animation and make it ends when I release the button?

Rather than having that code in the step event of your character, put it into a draw event and modify the code so it looks like this:

Code:

if (keyboard_check(vk_right))
{
    draw_sprite(run_right,-1,x,y)
    
}

Now what this means: If the right key is pressed, draw the sprite 'run_right' with its current sub-image at position x,y. There's one draw back to doing this, you'll have to also add some code in the draw event to draw your idle sprite when no keys are pressed. Hope that helps.

[Sengir]

I did like you sayd but doesn't work :-( can i post my .gmk file? the problem is that the animation has 6 subimages...and it shows me only the first..

here my file
http://www.studioindigo.it/scambio/THE HORDE.zip

thank you very much for helping me!!! sorry for all my questions but I'm very new with game maker :-)

[Ataraxia]

Okay I had a look at what you've been doing. Part of your problem is that you have more than one event changing your sprite at the same time. So take this out of your Step event:

Code:

if (keyboard_check(vk_right))
{
    sprite_index=run_right
   
}

Add this to a Draw event:

Code:

if (keyboard_check(vk_right))
{
    sprite_index=run_right
    draw_sprite(sprite_index, -1,x,y) 
    
}

And remove the 'Change Sprite' sprite action from your key_right event. After that everything should work. But you'll have to do the same for all your movements, for example: left, right, jumping, standing and so on.

[salade]

just check to see if the sprite isn't already your sprite.

Code:

if (keyboard_check(vk_right)*!(sprite_index == run_right))
{ 
sprite_index = run_right
}

remember: you don't need an if loop to test booleans. using them without if loops, in certain cases, becomes really intuitive.

good luck, and have fun!

[Ataraxia]

^^^

Nice! I'm assuming '*' is the same thing as 'AND'?

[salade]

Well...

the technical answer is no, * means multiply, while AND (I like to use &&) means and. however in this case AND and * do the same thing. since game maker treats variables so forgivingly, it doesn't really return true or false, but 1, or 0.  (keyboard_check(vk_right)&&sprite_index != run_right) would look better though, although in this case it's not that important.

[Ataraxia]

Cool, thanks for the answer. I'm new to the whole programming thing, so new info is always nice.

[Sengir]

thanks guys, i'm fixing it with all the animations...now is working!!!

[pixeltao]

About the Seamless Screen-Scaling. It seems to conflict with the screen saver/windows log-on screen. When the Windows log-on screen pops-in the surface is lost and the game crashes... Any idea how to prevent this? Thanks!

[ChevyRay]

In the event to draw the surface, have the game check that the surface exists first...

So, your begin-step would look like this:

// this draws the surface on the screen
surface_reset_target();
if surface_exists(screen)
{
  draw_clear(0);
  draw_surface_stretched(screen,screen_x,screen_y,screen_w*screen_scale,screen_h*screen_scale);
  screen_refresh();
}else{
  // put code to re-create the surface here
}

Because when the resolution changes, or the screen saver pops up, the surfaces are cleared from video memory (the GM Manual mentions this). This way, if the surface doesn't exist, it'll recreate it. Also, do the same thing with the end step, when the surface target is set to the screen.

Sorry I'm lazy and didn't write out the whole code.

[pixeltao]

Haha, no need to be sorry about the laziness, you helped me a lot! It worked, thanks ChevyRay!

[ChevyRay]

<3

Feel free to PM me as well if you have any other problems. Sometimes I forget to check back here.

[Hedenius]

The search function on the GMC is useless!

Anyway, i'm looking for a good room transition tutorial (a'la Metroid). I got the basics down but i wan't to see how others have done it!

Thanks in advance!

[pgil]

http://gmc.yoyogames.com/index.php?showtopic=362339&hl=transition

Has a bunch of examples. One of them is Metroid-style. I haven't looked at the code, so I don't know how practical it is to use, but it looks right 

[KonamiCode]

I actually just started looking at some of this guy's room transitions...he's done quite a few, they're linked in this post:
http://gmc.yoyogames.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=426099&view=findpost&p=3111749

Pretty neat, though I'm still trying to decipher some of the ways he does stuff.

One question I had, I saw that you guys were suggesting above to change sprites in the draw event. Any reason why you'd do it there over the step event? 

[Super_Stalin]

I am making a game in GM and i want to have lights that are more transparent around the edges then in the center, like a gradient.

[ஒழுக்கின்மை (Paul Eres)]

use additive blending, draw_circle_color, with the center colored (say, white) and the edge color black.