Need help with anim8

[subtledemise]

I'm trying to play animation while the player is moving; however, I keep getting these error messages:

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My code:

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local anim8 = require 'anim8'
local player

function love.load()
local walk = love.graphics.newImage("image/player/male_walkcycle.png")
local g = anim8.newGrid(64, 64, walk:getWidth(), walk:getHeight())

player = {
	walk = walk,
	x = 200,
	y = 200,
	speed = 50,
	animations = {
		up = anim8.newAnimation(g('loop',1,'2-9'), 1.0),
		down = anim8.newAnimation(g('loop', '20-27',1), 1.0),
		left = anim8.newAnimation(g('loop', '11-18',1), 1.0),
		right = anim8.newAnimation(g('loop', '29-36',1), 1.0)
		}
	}
	player.animation = player.animations.down
end

function love.update(dt)
player.animation:update(dt)
-- Right
if love.keyboard.isDown("d") then
	player.x = player.x + player.speed * dt
    player.animation = player.animations.right
end
-- Left
if love.keyboard.isDown("a") then
	player.x = player.x - player.speed * dt
    player.animation = player.animations.left
end
-- Up
if love.keyboard.isDown("w") then
	player.y = player.y - player.speed * dt
	player.animation = player.animations.up
end
-- Down
if love.keyboard.isDown("s") then
	player.y = player.y + player.speed * dt
	player.animation = player.animations.down
end
end

function love.draw()
animation:draw(player.walk, player.x, player.y)
end

Am I doing something wrong? I have also attached a .love file for reference. Thanks in advance.

[Robin]

I don't know anim8, but shouldn't it be up = anim8.newAnimation(g('loop','2-9',1), 1.0),?

[subtledemise]

Ok I fixed up the code a lot. I was using some outdated tutorials. I'm now having a problem with my grids I think:

Error
anim8.lua:35: There is no frame for x=20,y=3

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local anim8 = require 'anim8'
local player

function love.load()
local walk = love.graphics.newImage("image/player/male_walkcycle.png")
local g = anim8.newGrid(64, 64, walk:getWidth(), walk:getHeight())

player = {
	walk = walk,
	x = 200,
	y = 200,
	speed = 50,
	animations = {
		up = anim8.newAnimation(g('2-9',1), 1.0),
		down = anim8.newAnimation(g('20-27',3), 1.0),
		left = anim8.newAnimation(g('11-18',2), 1.0),
		right = anim8.newAnimation(g('29-36',4), 1.0)
		}
	}
	player.animation = player.animations.down
end

function love.update(dt)
player.animation:update(dt)
-- Right
if love.keyboard.isDown("d") then
	player.x = player.x + player.speed * dt
    player.animation = player.animations.right
end
-- Left
if love.keyboard.isDown("a") then
	player.x = player.x - player.speed * dt
    player.animation = player.animations.left
end
-- Up
if love.keyboard.isDown("w") then
	player.y = player.y - player.speed * dt
	player.animation = player.animations.up
end
-- Down
if love.keyboard.isDown("s") then
	player.y = player.y + player.speed * dt
	player.animation = player.animations.down
end
end

function love.draw()
animation:draw(player.walk, player.x, player.y)
end

[kikito]

Hi, anim8 creator here.

I don't know anim8, but shouldn't it be up = anim8.newAnimation(g('loop','2-9',1), 1.0),?

That was the old anim8. On the new one there is no 'loop' param. (everything is 'loop', if you want 'once' or 'bounce' you can simulate them using the onLoop callback and the pause method).

anim8.lua:35: There is no frame for x=20,y=3

Your numbers were a bit off. The numbers inside the grid parameters are not "image coordinates", but "positions of frames". So 1 = first frame, 2 = second frame, etc. The pixels are calculated for you by the grid object (the g variable).

Since your image is a grid of 9x4 frames, but you are trying to create animations with access frames outside of that (x=20), you get that error.

This will work:

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    animations = {
      up     = anim8.newAnimation(g('2-8',1), 0.1),
      left   = anim8.newAnimation(g('2-8',2), 0.1),
      down   = anim8.newAnimation(g('2-8',3), 0.1),
      right  = anim8.newAnimation(g('2-8',4), 0.1)
    }

g('2-8', 1) means "Take the frames {x=2,y=1}, then {x=3,y=1} and so on until {x=8,y=1}". So '2-8' means "x moves from 2 to 8", and 1 means "y stays at 1".

I have also lowered the time from 1 to 0.1; otherwise the steps were waaaay too slow.

Also, in love.draw you used animation but you should use player.animation instead:

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function love.draw()
  player.animation:draw(player.walk, player.x, player.y)
end

Attaching working example.

Have fun!

[subtledemise]

Thanks for the help. I realized most of my mistakes laying in bed last night. I was taking something simple and making it overly complicated. I was thinking of each frame as individually numbered entities, like the top left as 1, and the row below as 10 -18 and so on. Anyway, thanks for the hints on the time.I noticed they were super slow, but the wife needed the computer and I had to get to work lo

[kikito]

I noticed they were super slow, but the wife needed the computer and I had to get to work lo

yeah, that happens