Animating & Jumping

brett-norton

Hi Everyone.

Just putting my character together in my platformer. Im struggling to find the best way to achieve the best set of rules to include regular moves walk left/right and jump and incorporate there animations.

Main problem is when in mid jump and facing left i have graphics flipped and have the animation in process but if i move right mid jump the animation starts over and doesnt continue how is this worked around?

Thanks

imjustmike

Difficult without seeing how you've implemented your rules, but in that specific instance you could use a combination of rules so that when facing right (or left), and on the ground, do walk but when facing right (or left) and not on the ground, just flip the image

brett-norton

Ok so i have now got it working fine keeping in mind its just a basic bog standard platformer movements that is needed is the following rules ok?

Or is there a better method my method below seems like a lot or rules.

[Regular Move Group]

Move Left - If game.touchleft = True DO self.motion.x to -300 Else self.motion.X to 0

Move Right - If game.touchright = True DO self.motion.x to 300 Else self.motion.X to 0

Animate Walk Left - If game.touchleft = True and game.grounded = True DO Animate & self.graphics flip horizontal to True

Animate Walk Right - If game.touchright = True and game.grounded = True DO Animate & self.graphics flip horizontal to False

Idle Animations - If game.grounded is true & self.motionx = 0 Do
Rule Idle Left - If game facing left is true DO Animate
Rule Idle Right - if game facing right is true Do Animate

[Jump Group]

Jump - If game.touchjump = True DO self.motion.Y To 800

Grounded Check - Colide with floor Do game.grounded To True

Jump&Fall Animation - IF self.motion.Y is >0 & game.grounded is False DO Animate jump
Else otherwise - IF self.motion.Y is <0 & game.grounded is False Do Animate Fall

Jump Graphics Flip - If game.facing.left is true & game.grounded is False DO self.graphics.flip.horizontal To True
Else Otherwise - If game.facing.Right is true & game.grounded is False DO self.graphics.flip.horizontal To False

Sorry if its a long read i just want to start off on the right foot if anyone could be kind enough to advise me.

Icebox

This is one way to do it but i didnt try it.

Move rule

if game.touch right is true
move right
change attribute self.flipp horizontally to false
otherwise
if game.touch left is true
move left
change attribute self.flipp horizontally to true
otherwise
change selfmotionx to 0

Animation rule

if game.grounded is true (if grounded)

if self.motionlinearvelocityx is 0
animate idle
otherwise
run animation

Otherwise (if not grounded)
if self.motion linearvelocity y > 0 animate jump
otherwise animate fall

i dont know why you need idle left animation and idle right animation if your going to flip the graphic horizontally but in case you want to do that wrap the animate idle animation in a rule

brett-norton

Works a million times better, and now much easier to implement other animations in with them. Awesome thanks.