Question about FMG:s custom fonts demo... animations?

Strobanik

Hello!

Maybe I'm just daft but I can't seem to figure out how to use animations instead of png:s with Firemaplegames custom font demo.... In the infotext it says that you can easily use animations.. but I can't see how?

http://gamesalad.com/game/play/31065

Mr Fire Maple? Anybody else?

Thanks
nik

firemaplegames

Ah yes...I changed the demo to just use images.

To use animations, you must do this:

In the score glyphs actor, create a new Integer Attribute called 'myDigit' (without quotes).

Change the Constrain Attribute that is there to this:

Constrain Attribute
self.myDigit To: floor(( game.currentScore % self.divisor )/( self.divisor /10))

And then 10 Rules, like this:

Rule
When all conditions are valid
self.MyDigit = 0
-----Animate [your zero sequence]

Rule
When all conditions are valid
self.MyDigit = 1
-----Animate [your one sequence]

etc...

However, this technique is very processor intensive!!! You must test it on an older devices!!!

Actually , a better way would be something like this:

A global boolean attribute called something like 'pleaseUpdateScoreNow'

And instead of the constrain, use a Rule like this:

Rule
when all conditions are valid:
game.pleaseUpdateScoreNow = true
-----Change Attribute: game.pleaseUpdateScoreNow To: false
-----Change Attribute: self.myDigit To: floor(( game.currentScore % self.divisor )/( self.divisor /10))

Then, whenever something affects the score, change game.pleaseUpdateScoreNow to true.

Strobanik

Cool, thanks for the fast answer. I'm trying to find an easy way to randomize an actors appearance between a lot of different animations. The "name"..blabla..".png" is so damn convenient, and I just hoped there was a beautiful solution with animations too. But I guess I'll just do a lot of rules and randomize an integer, as you suggest.

Thanks!
nik