Make an animation last a fixed amount of time (The animation is triggered when pressing a button)

[YaCCBoy]

I don't really know how to explain this as I am quite new to this. Basically, when I left-click, my character throws a pebble. I would like the pebble throwing animation to last a fixed amount of time, but presently it seems to be a weird mix of if my character is in the air and how long I keep my left-click button pressed.


spr_player_shoot is the sprite that I would like to last a fixed amount of time

 

[TheouAegis]

Make sure you set image_index to 0 when you change the sprite. As for making the animation end on time, you can use the Animation End Event, an alarm, or a custom timer.

 

[YaCCBoy]

Make sure you set image_index to 0 when you change the sprite. As for making the animation end on time, you can use the Animation End Event, an alarm, or a custom timer.

How can I use an alarm for this? As I said I am very new to this, I have next to no programming experience.

 

[TheouAegis]

Before you change the sprite, check if the alarm is < 1, then set the alarm and change the sprite. Then create an alarm event and in it set the sprite back to whatever you need to.

 

[YaCCBoy]

Could you write a code example of this please? I do not know how to set it, and my attempts with my limited knowledge failed.

Before you change the sprite, check if the alarm is < 1, then set the alarm and change the sprite. Then create an alarm event and in it set the sprite back to whatever you need to.