Animate images?

[kurtss]

So I have my code here:

http://codepad.org/fIKaTf5P

Say I wanted to animate the second and third sprites in the following image:

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How would I go about doing that?

Thanks in advance!

[Taehl]

You could write some code which watches the time and switches quads appropriately. But it's already been done for you - most lovers enjoy AnAL.

[Ellohir]

You can create a variable like "current_sprite" and change it from walking to jumping as you need.

on love.load()

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        player.current_sprite = player.standing

on love.update()

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	if player.y_velocity ~= 0 then
                player.current_sprite = player.walking
...
	else 
                player.current_sprite = player.standing

on love.draw()

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love.graphics.drawq(player.sprite, player.current_sprite, player.x, player.y)

As Taehl said, for walking you can use timers. But I prefer having a "player.walked" meter what changes the sprite along some distance and then resets the counter when the cycle ends.

Anyway, I have tried your code and it's great. The player has a very smooth movement, I liked it a lot, congratulations

[kurtss]

Thanks to you both! I'll try AnAL. (Sounds so wrong, I love it!)

[T-Bone]

As already mentioned, there are plenty of different ways to do it. If you're a beginner, I'd recommend doing something simple by yourself just for the practise. It's really not that hard.