Attack animation not working, help

[Quirk14]

I'm trying to make a command where if I press E on my keyboard, an attack animation will play. But it does not seem to work? Quite new to programming and GameMaker etc so go easy on me:

if (keyboard_check_pressed(ord("E")))
{
sprite_index = spr_playerattack;
image_speed = 20;
}

 

[Kezarus]

Hello!

The speed is a multiplier of how GM updates the frames of that sprite. Reduce it to 1 and see the result. =]

https://docs2.yoyogames.com/source/...instances/instance_variables/image_speed.html

Welcome to the game dev. Remmember, the documentation is your friend.


Cheers!

 

[Quirk14]

Hello!

The speed is a multiplier of how GM updates the frames of that sprite. Reduce it to 1 and see the result. =]

https://docs2.yoyogames.com/source/...instances/instance_variables/image_speed.html

Welcome to the game dev. Remmember, the documentation is your friend.


Cheers!

Hi,

Hmm, the animation still doesn't play still it seems... Do I have to create states/scripts or something?

 

[TsukaYuriko]

Verify that the code in question is actually running.

Also pay attention to the speed setting you defined in your sprite's properties - this not only affects the animation speed of the sprite in the IDE, but also in the game.

 

[Quirk14]

Verify that the code in question is actually running.

Also pay attention to the speed setting you defined in your sprite's properties - this not only affects the animation speed of the sprite in the IDE, but also in the game.

I got it to work! I looked at my code and realised the program I guess was prioritizing the idle animation. But thanks for the help!