i am having problems with backgrounds and craeting my own charecters,

[Buddle]

 :'( PLS PLS PLS PLS WILL SOME ON HELP ME.

i only got ASG  a few days ago, and i love adventure games, and really want to creat a descent one of my own, that at least looks good.  I am using paint for backgrounds, ( i dont know what else to use)
And they look ok , but they are always really awkardly positioned, and ,when i test my game they are way to high, and you can't see the top of them or off to the left, and they are surounded by a white back ground, how do i get the back ground to cover the whole screen.

i also want to add my own characters, i'm geting pretty tired of that roger guy :@ (kidin, hes great really), i tried by drawiing a set of views and doing lots of little pictures, then adding them to my sprite thing, and making them into a view sequence. but he walked like a retard, and then like an irish dancer, how do i get my own characters, to look good, the right sie, and walking normal etc. etc. i guess i ned help in genaral.

Priority to the background thing, its always of to the left and stuff, im getting well pissed off, pls help :'(
i want good looking backgrounds that fill the whole screen.

[M]

That's wierd. The only thing I can think of is that when you make the backgrounds they are too small. When you make the backgrounds, you have to make sure that they are the same size as the resolution you've set for the game (i.e. 320 x 200, or 640 x 480). You can make them bigger if you want it to scroll. On paint just press ctrl-e to open the attributes menu and u can change the size there. I think. I dont really use paint. That work?

[buddle]

ARE YOU ARE A LEGEND MATE, SOS IM A BELL END, AND IM PRETTY NEW TO THE WHOLE AGS THING, BUT I STILL NEED HELP DRAWING GOOD CHARACTERS, AND MAKEING THEM MOVE LIKE NOREMAL SCANE HUMANS? ANY ONE, THAKS SO MUCH THOUGH FOR THE PAINT THING.

[M]

Is all that supposed to be in capitials? Anyway, try 2ma2's site for some animation tutorials. Theres a good walking one there.

[Scummbuddy]

M - thank you for being helpful

buddle - calm down and please read the forum rules.  You have broken 2 already in one thread.


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