Animation Problem/ character over walkbehinds?

[SLaMgRInDeR]

aha! thanx, but now it says "ERROR:(i hate that word!) FLI/FLC animation play error" when you get to where its sposed to play it, and i cant think of anything that would be wrong, also the "(1,0)" goes brownish-red so im taking that as i typed it right due to the way "return" turns blue.

edit: ok i sorted out THAT problem by simply moving the character (duh, wh the hell didnt i think of that before?!) but i still need to know whats wrong for the next time i acually need to use an animation.

i now need to also know how to make certain characters, objects ect apear over walk behinds. i want dulo to look like hes sitting downbut the thing i want him to sit on is a walk behind, is this possible of do i have to change the background to have him as part of it?
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[Ishmael]

The animation: Was the flic bigger than the game resolution? (I dont know if this has somthing to do with it...)

The walkbehind-thing: You must draw the walkbehinds in the areas-editor in the room editor, set the baseline of the walkbehind under the point in which standing chars shoud be drawn behind. Then also check that the char has not got the "ignore walk-behinds" chacked in the cahr editor

[SLaMgRInDeR]

so i have to make it so that the sitting frame of the character has an invisible patch at the bottom so that its under the baseline?
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[Ishmael]

um.... no..?

You need to draw the walkbehind into the background, just like you draw all the walkable areas and hotspots. Then, you need to set the baseline BELOW the point where he is. All char abowe the baseline will be drawn behind walkbehinds.

[SLaMgRInDeR]

youre not making any scence, if i set the bseline below whenre i want him to be, he'll be behind it, i dont want him behind it, i want him infront of it.

i want it too look like this: http://www.angelfire.com/ultra/slamgrinder/DOA-_Pic_for_help_1.jpg
but im pretty sure it's going to turn out like this:
http://www.angelfire.com/ultra/slamgrinder/DOA-_Pic_for_help_2.jpg

[Ishmael]

Just put the chat there, no walkbehidns.... tahts it....

[Proskrito]

Search SetCharacterIgnoreWalkbehinds function inthe manual

[SLaMgRInDeR]

TK: i cant, cause you need to walk around as the player character first, and go behind it, and then do something to make the other character go there and sit there.
Prosk:ill check it out, thanx.
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[Ishmael]

Oh.... set the baseline above the point where the char should be on the chair, below the point where the player char should stand to be behind it...

[SLaMgRInDeR]

yeh, but its not that simple, as you saw in the pic, he is a small character and dosent even come underneath the seat, let alone under the legs where the baseline needs to be.  
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[Ishmael]

So check the ignore walk-behinds in the char editor...

[SLaMgRInDeR]

i could, but then i would have to make sure that he never in the whole game went behind a walk behind wouldnt I? also, where is that box? the only Igrors I can see are Ignore room scaling and Ignor room Lighting.
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[Ishmael]

yes...

[Proskrito]

Search SetCharacterIgnoreWalkbehinds function inthe manual

with that, i meant that you could open ags editor, press F1 to open the help file, click on the "index" tab, type "SetCharacterIgnoreWalkbehinds" , press enter, and then stop making this topic getting bigger and bigger  
I think that is the function you need.

[SLaMgRInDeR]

ok thanx, i checked it out, that problems solved but i still need to know whats wrong with the animations, i think its just the progamme im using to make the flic, as its just something i downloaded off the net. Im putting Adobe Premier on soon so I'll make it in that and see if it works.
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[SLaMgRInDeR]

ok, it works now. (yey)
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