Character with animation

[More Ragtime]

its telling me there is an incorrect paramiter type at line 22.

[borix134]

Did you load the images correctly?

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animation.frame0 = ('untitled.png')
animation.frame1 = ('untitled1.png')
animation.frame2 = ('untitled2.png')

Those aren't images. Type in the path to the images of the animation.
Don't forget the quotations areound the path or the extension.

[More Ragtime]

ah, i forgot to put the png extention. but now its telling me its a nil value

[borix134]

Could you copy and paste the error message for me? I need more than just a shot in the dark :/

[More Ragtime]

yeah sorry, it says

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Error
main.lua:4: attempt to index global 'Untitled' (a nil value)

Traceback

main.lua:4: in function 'load'
[C]: in function 'xpcall'

[borix134]

No biggie. This is pretty odd. My only guess would be maybe you don't have the images in the same directory as the main.lua. If that dosen't work then maybe you could upload a .love file so I could fix it up.

[More Ragtime]

thanks for all your help. http://www.mediafire.com/download/1pzyy ... mation.zip

[DaedalusYoung]

There are several ways to do it. If your going to put the animation frames in a table, then at least just do it like:

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love.load()
  animation = {}
  animation[1] = love.graphics.newImage('anim1.png')
  animation[2] = love.graphics.newImage('anim2.png')
  animation[3] = love.graphics.newImage('anim3.png')
end

So you can easily loop through the frames without having to do the weird if frame == 1 then ... elseif frame == 2 then ... elseif frame == 3 then ... end loop, just doesn't make sense.

Another way to do it is to put all your frames in a texture atlas / sprite sheet and use a quad to display the frames, then just keep changing the quad's coordinates to change the displayed frame. I would prefer this method, to be honest.

[More Ragtime]

There are several ways to do it. If your going to put the animation frames in a table, then at least just do it like:

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love.load()
  animation = {}
  animation[1] = love.graphics.newImage('anim1.png')
  animation[2] = love.graphics.newImage('anim2.png')
  animation[3] = love.graphics.newImage('anim3.png')
end

So you can easily loop through the frames without having to do the weird if frame == 1 then ... elseif frame == 2 then ... elseif frame == 3 then ... end loop, just doesn't make sense.

Another way to do it is to put all your frames in a texture atlas / sprite sheet and use a quad to display the frames, then just keep changing the quad's coordinates to change the displayed frame. I would prefer this method, to be honest.

i tried that and i got an unexpected paraimiter (nil value)
heres the .love
http://www.mediafire.com/?0ugfom8et5c2rc0

[DaedalusYoung]

Because you're attempting to feed a table into love.graphics.draw().

Try this:

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function love.load()
	animation = {}
	animation[1] = love.graphics.newImage('Untitled.png')
	animation[2] = love.graphics.newImage('Untitled2.png')
	animation[3] = love.graphics.newImage('Untitled3.png')
	counter = 0
	frame = 1
end

function love.update(dt)
 	counter = counter + dt
 	if counter >= 0.2 then
 		counter = 0
 		frame = frame + 1
 		if frame == 4 then
 			frame = 1
 		end
 	end
	if love.keyboard.isDown("d") then
		x = x + (speed * dt)
	elseif love.keyboard.isDown("a") then
		x = x - (speed * dt)
	end
	if love.keyboard.isDown("s") then
		y = y + (speed * dt)
	elseif love.keyboard.isDown("w") then
		y = y - (speed * dt)
	end
end

function love.draw()
	love.graphics.draw(animation[frame], 0,  0)
end