1...2 tie my shoe 3...4 knock on the door , aha there's my problem

[farmboy102]

 :oOk so I believe the title doesn't really explain my problem.

All I want to know is how do I make an animated door that goes from one room to another?

can someone point me to a decent tutorial for making doors?

thanks

[Akatosh]

As you said, consulting a tutorial might be a smart move. Luckily, there's one right in the manual.

Also, welcome to the forums!

[GuyAwesome]

Tutorial -> Starting off -> Part 7 - Animations and cutscenes (there's an on-line version, but it's from a previous version of AGS - not that much has changed...), and Tutorial -> Setting up the game -> Animations (also on-line).

There's nothing specifically about door animation because, well, it's just a basic Object interaction/animation, and they're pretty well covered.
For the art side (actually drawing the frames of the door opening view), I can't help you - and it probably doesn't come under 'technical' questions anyway . There's a list of tutorials (two lists, in fact) in the Critics Lounge that may be of use. Or, you could post what you've got over there, and get suggestions for improvement.

EDIT:
Gilbet, I found that version too, but when I try to get at the actual 'Starting off' tutorial pages that way, it's all 404s so I didn't mention it. Is it just me that it doesn't work for? Going through the website tutorial links work, though, I've updated my links accordingly.

EDIT 2, to clarify that a little:
This page, reached via the link in Gilbet's post, only leads to 404 errors for me. However, go back up a level to the main Tutorial page and the other sections work fine (I didn't bother checking them before, because 'Starting Off' didn't work), so I changed the second link to that version of the 'Animations' help.
Going to Resources/Tutorials on the navigation menu will give you a link to this version of 'Starting Off' - this is the version that's in the current manual, and one that has working links to the subsections. Maybe the on-line manual should link there as well? You know, since it works an' all...

[Gilbert]

Actually, for online version of the manual, use the official one, which unfortunately isn't obvious to access. This should be the most up-to-date version as it's generated from the same source that the .chm version is based on.

The one on the wiki is not recommended, as it is not officially maintained, but some people may find it a bit easier to navigate.