Animating Backgrounds

[kaputtnik]

Hey there.
I'm expecting a "no", but I'll ask anyway.

Is there any way of animating backgrounds with more than just the four additional sprites? Or: Is there any way to set the delay between the different sprites separately?

[RyRayer]

I don't know about that, but you can add characters, which animate repeatedly and set their Idling delay 0 like THAT:

Code: ags

character[*your character's name*].SetIdleView(3,0);

3 is view. Change it to your own view.
0 means that it animates repeatedly.

Put this code to your room's "Player enters screen(before fadein)" -  run script.

You can change sprite changing delay in views section.

I hope this helps.

I made a template just in case. here

[Ubel]

The answer is no (for version 2.62 anyway). But of course you can use animated objects. That would probably be easier than using characters.

[RyRayer]

I use character my self because i have problems using objects. They keep blocking my game and if I set Eblocking no, object stops animating.

[strazer]

Or: Is there any way to set the delay between the different sprites separately?

If you really need the whole background to be animated, you could do it like this:

In a room with 3 background frames, to let the frames stay for 8, 10 and 7 game loops respectively:

Code: ags

// room script file

#define NUM_BACKGROUNDFRAMES 3 // including normal background (maximum 5)

int BackgroundFrameDelay[NUM_BACKGROUNDFRAMES]; // stores the delays of each background frame (in game loops)
int CurrentBackgroundFrame = 0; // stores currently displaying background frame (start with first one)
int CurrentDelay; // stores current delay before displaying next frame


function repeatedly_execute_always() {
  //...

  if (IsGamePaused() == 0) { // if game is not paused

    if (CurrentDelay) CurrentDelay--; // if delay has not expired yet, decrease it
    else { // if delay until next frame has expired
      SetBackgroundFrame(CurrentBackgroundFrame); // display selected background frame
      CurrentDelay = BackgroundFrameDelay[CurrentBackgroundFrame]; // set delay until next frame
      CurrentBackgroundFrame++; // select next background frame
      if (CurrentBackgroundFrame >= NUM_BACKGROUNDFRAMES) CurrentBackgroundFrame = 0; // if reached last background frame, select first one (loop)
    }

  }

  //...
}


function room_x() {
  // script for room: Player enters screen (before fadein)

  //...

  BackgroundFrameDelay[0] = 8;
  BackgroundFrameDelay[1] = 10;
  BackgroundFrameDelay[2] = 7;


  //...
}

[kaputtnik]

Thanks a lot strazer, that was just what I was looking for.