lua animation

[nosushi4you]

im sorry if i sound like a n00b to lua but i am so ill try to make sense:) i just have a few questions. is moving a character a matter of using sprites, button imput, the x/y things and in/then statements to make the sprite move to the left or right? like (i know its not lua, just an example) if lpad button: then move image.png 5 pixels to the right? hope im making sense. please no flaming.

[PSPJunkie_]

taken from an example given to me by soulkiller

white = Color.new(255, 255, 255)

spr1 = Image.load("images/spr1.jpg") --thats white btw ;)
 
player = {
   x = 80,
   y = 80,
}
screen:clear()
screen:print(80, 80, "Press Start To Begin Moving", white)
screen.flip()
while true do
	pad = Controls.read()
	if pad:start() then
		break
	end
        screen.waitVblankStart()
end
while true do
        pad = Controls.read()
        screen:clear()
	if pad:left() then
		player.x = player.x - 5
	end
	if pad:right() then
		player.x = player.x + 5
	end
	if pad:up() then
		player.y = player.y + 5
	end
	if pad:down() then
		player.y = player.y - 5
	end
        screen:blit(player.x,player.y,spr1)
        screen.flip()
        screen.waitVblankStart()
end

[BlackShark]

OR, you can use Grimfate's animLib, wich is a library for lua animations, (with this you can do an animation in two lines, one to load it, and another to blit it.) just google it or search these forums to find it, its VERY use full, and if you do use it, be sure to give a much derserved THANKS to Grimfate!

also, the above example, (although correct) isn't really "animation", it just moves the player,

im telling you man, its very very very useful (thanks so much Grimfate!!!!)

PS. Doom kicks ass, nice Avitar! you play Zdaemon?

[nosushi4you]

i dont know what zdaemon is, is it like zdoomgl? yea i love doom. ive got doom 1, 2, and final doom on my PSP. so whats the difference between moving the character and animation? thanks:)

[Grimfate126]

i dont know what zdaemon is, is it like zdoomgl? yea i love doom. ive got doom 1, 2, and final doom on my PSP. so whats the difference between moving the character and animation? thanks:)

moving a character is when the x/y position of the char changes. animation is when the image of the char animates.

[nosushi4you]

so would it be a thing like stop motion animation like if l is pressed load image one if l is pressed load im age 2 type of thing?

[Grimfate126]

so would it be a thing like stop motion animation like if l is pressed load image one if l is pressed load im age 2 type of thing?

umm, sorry, but that made no sense to me. :Cry: can you make it a bit clearer? thanks.

[nosushi4you]

sorry, i was typing really fast there and i guess my brain got ahead of me. lol. what i meant was, is it like stop motion animation. like you make different pictures of someone in frames. like for example, with walking, would you make one picture of him with his leg a little off the ground and then another with his leg a little higher and so on until you can load then in order to make the person walk? i hope that made sense:) im trying to get the hang of lua cause i know the basics and button imput but i need to find out how to make the animation to create a game. thanks very much:)

[BlackShark]

hehe, ya, im a n00b too :) i made my first game just a little while ago PvP Pong, but that contains no animation, check out my [WiP] thats in my signiture Fight for Freedom, and get the ALPHA release, it has a good example of Animation, feel free to use the animation code if ya want, :)