animation in lua help

[waywardson]

does anyone know how i can animate a player while walking???
(i.e. making the legs move when he moves??)
i kinda get how but im not shure how to code it

[MániácX]

you would get more help if you make the title more descriptive

lost count of the # of threads named "lua"

[waywardson]

there changed it thanks

[k0ud]

you need different pics of the character e.g. char with right leg up,char with left leg up,char with both legs up OM>>...)

[k0ud]

.. theres a LUA help thread on stickies btw...

[waywardson]

oh kk thanks man

[daaa57150]

you should take a look at grimfate's "animlib v4" available in the download section. It's easy to use and that may exactly be what you're looking for.
I will soon release a mod of this library to enable images buffering but that animlib may be enough for you.
I don't have code to show you but there's a well made readme with the library.
Of course like ai3gtmc said, you'll need many frames for your animation.

[slicer4ever]

like ai3 said you need a pic of legs down,1 up,other up

then an simple
if player_anima=1 then screen:blit(x,y,legs_down ) end
if player_anima=2 then screen:blit(x,y,left_leg_ up) end
if player_anima=3 then screen:blit(x,y,right_leg _up) end

i don't see whats so great about an anim lib as it's extremly simple to do

[KleptoOne]

animlib helps make sprite sheets easier to handle if you've never worked with them before.

[waywardson]

k thanks for the help guys ill check it out

[daaa57150]

Originally Posted by slicer4ever

i don't see whats so great about an anim lib as it's extremly simple to do

libs are made to solve problems so you don't have to care about them. even simple problems. usually a lib will do better than what you would do yourself, as the dev will focus on that. plus, the lib will improve without you doing anything, just download and replace the old, and they are made to be properly separated from the rest of your code. This helps keep the code nice and readable.
One more advantage I see is that when you use a lib, if it's well spread, people reading your code will automatically understand it as they already know the functions.
I don't know if the proverb goes like this in english too, but "do not reinvent the wheel".