draw_sprite_ext

[Endless]

Hello everyone. I was messing with this option and i have two draw_sprite_ext. One for the player body, with facing, and no sprite animation. In second, i want to add legs for the player but how to animate it? The legs show when i move, but doesn't animate. Thanks in advance.

//Body
draw_sprite_ext(sprite_index, 0, x, y, image_xscale, image_yscale, Facing, image_blend, image_alpha);

//Legs
if speed > 0 {
    draw_sprite_ext(spr_legs, image_index, x, y, image_xscale, image_yscale, Facing, image_blend, image_alpha);
}

 

[obscene]

The second argument is for the subimage You can just use a custom variable and then increase it every step. If you use image_index as the variable it depends on image_speed to increase.

 

[Rafsun82]

Check if you used "image_speed = 0" anywhere in that object.

 

[Endless]

Do you have some example? I don't know how to do it? @obscene
There is no such thing. @Rafsun82

 

[stainedofmind]

The reason why your leg sprite isn't animating is because, presumably, the body sprite, which is in 'sprite_index', only has a single sub image. When you try to use 'image_index' in the second draw call, to draw the legs, it's using the data from the body sprite. So, since there is only a single sub image, your leg sprite does not appear to animate, because 'image_index' will always be '0'. To fix this, you'll have to do as @obscene suggested. A rough example:

Create Event:

legs_index = 0;

Step Event:

legs_index += image_speed;

if (legs_index >= sprite_get_number(spr_legs))
{
    legs_index -= sprite_get_number(spr_legs);
}

Draw Event:

// Body code omitted

//Legs
if speed > 0 {
   draw_sprite_ext(spr_legs, legs_index, x, y, image_xscale, image_yscale, Facing, image_blend, image_alpha);
}

 

[Endless]

Wow! This works great!!! THANK YOU!!!
Can you tell me also how to adjust the animation speed for legs because it's now about 60fps because the room speed is 60fps?

 

[stainedofmind]

With the code I gave you, all you'd have to do is set 'image_speed' to something less then 1, which is what its set at by default.

 

[Endless]

I was thinking it would not work. But i simply added in step event image_speed = 1 and is all alright! Thanks again. This is solved!