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GreenDixy

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Posted: 30th Mar 2010 23:06

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hey i have been working with dark ai and i am having some problems getting them to animate properly i know its "play object objnumber, frame start, frame end" he may move forward with walking but when he straf's side to side how do i get it to switch to thoes animations as its just random movements the ai is doing is there a way to detect witch animation should be played?

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Teh Stone

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Posted: 31st Mar 2010 00:40

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What I would do is to have a variable called somethjn like enemy direction or an array depending on how many enemies you have and then have a series of if statements

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if enemy_direction = 1
Move sprite enemy,velocity
Play sprite animation
* any other info
endif

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GreenDixy

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Posted: 31st Mar 2010 02:03

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found this code searching took me several search's to find it
my question for this one "enemyact$(e)=" wouldin't i need "for e = blahcount" then put this in the do/loop?

enemyact$(e)= ai get entity action$(e)
         if enemyact$(e)="Stopped" then enemyanim(e)=1
         if enemyact$(e)="Moving Forwards" then enemyanim(e)=2
         if enemyact$(e)="Moving Backwards" then enemyanim(e)=3
         if enemyact$(e)="Strafing Left" then enemyanim(e)=4
         if enemyact$(e)="Strafing Right" then enemyanim(e)=5
         if enemyact$(e)="Stopped And Attacking" then enemyanim(e)=1
         if enemyact$(e)="Moving Forwards And Attacking" then enemyanim(e)=2
         if enemyact$(e)="Moving Backwards And Attacking" then enemyanim(e)=3
         if enemyact$(e)="Strafing Left And Attacking" then enemyanim(e)=4
         if enemyact$(e)="Strafing Right And Attacking" then enemyanim(e)=5

if ai entity exist(e)
         if enemyanim(e)=1
            set object speed e,64.6
            set object frame e,573
         endif

if enemyanim(e)=2
            set object speed e,64.6
            loop object e,598,622
         endif

if enemyanim(e)=3
            set object speed e,-64.6
            loop object e,598,622
         endif

if enemyanim(e)=4
            set object speed e,64.6
            loop object e,623,642
         endif

if enemyanim(e)=5
            set object speed e,64.6
            loop object e,643,662
         endif

if enemyhealth(e)<1
            enemyisdead(e)=1
         endif

if enemyisdead(e)>0
            ai kill entity e
            set object speed e,64.6
            play object e,0,15
         endif
      endif

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      enemyact$(e)= ai get entity action$(e)
         if enemyact$(e)="Stopped" then enemyanim(e)=1
         if enemyact$(e)="Moving Forwards" then enemyanim(e)=2
         if enemyact$(e)="Moving Backwards" then enemyanim(e)=3
         if enemyact$(e)="Strafing Left" then enemyanim(e)=4
         if enemyact$(e)="Strafing Right" then enemyanim(e)=5
         if enemyact$(e)="Stopped And Attacking" then enemyanim(e)=1
         if enemyact$(e)="Moving Forwards And Attacking" then enemyanim(e)=2
         if enemyact$(e)="Moving Backwards And Attacking" then enemyanim(e)=3
         if enemyact$(e)="Strafing Left And Attacking" then enemyanim(e)=4
         if enemyact$(e)="Strafing Right And Attacking" then enemyanim(e)=5

      if ai entity exist(e)
         if enemyanim(e)=1
            set object speed e,64.6
            set object frame e,573
         endif

         if enemyanim(e)=2
            set object speed e,64.6
            loop object e,598,622
         endif

         if enemyanim(e)=3
            set object speed e,-64.6
            loop object e,598,622
         endif

         if enemyanim(e)=4
            set object speed e,64.6
            loop object e,623,642
         endif

         if enemyanim(e)=5
            set object speed e,64.6
            loop object e,643,662
         endif

         if enemyhealth(e)<1
            enemyisdead(e)=1
         endif

         if enemyisdead(e)>0
            ai kill entity e
            set object speed e,64.6
            play object e,0,15
         endif
      endif

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Dia

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Posted: 31st Mar 2010 16:35

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Yes, unless you just want to concentrate on a single enemy (for wahtever value of 'e' is currently in the variable) it needs to be incremented in a for/next loop either directly or indirectly

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GreenDixy

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Posted: 1st Apr 2010 00:18

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would it be better to have different loops for each enemy instead of a bunch at once making it faster cuz i think if i have say 8 guys on one map or more they are all trying to read from that loop wouldint it glitch out

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GreenDixy

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Posted: 3rd Apr 2010 18:17 Edited at: 3rd Apr 2010 18:46

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so i got my AI to run the animations key frames and my movements using loop object and else idle frames but i find when the idle frames start he is still jitterbugging a bit moving side to side slightly non stop is there a way to stop him from doing the jitterbug dance? you would think idle frames means he does not move lol

Edit: sorry forgot to put in the code i use for the frame setup

If Upkey()=1
Move Object 1,MSframe#
loop object 1,235,259
else
loop object 1,210,234
endif

The frame code is from

http://www.fpscreator.com/animation_template.html

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GreenDixy

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Posted: 3rd Apr 2010 22:20

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figured it out so for anyone that is having that small problem on the idle frame dont use loop object use set object frame instead only on the idle part

here is the modified code enjoy

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If Upkey()=1
Move Object 1,MSframe#
loop object 1,235,259
else
set object frame 1,210,234
endif

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