Need help with animation/quads, please help!

[Jasoco]

You have your quad:

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your_quad = love.graphics.newQuad(x, y, w, h, your_image:getWidth(), your_image:getHeight)

You draw your quad:

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love.graphics.drawq(your_image, your_quad, x, y, ...)

Note the drawq, as opposed to just draw. The q means it will draw a quad instead of just an image.

Just an example. Quite simple.

[Kasperelo]

No, I mean drawing animated quads! I don't know how to animate them!

[Jasoco]

You have an array of quads with numbers referring to frames.

You have a variable that changes at the framerate you choose and loops.

You draw the quad that corresponds to the current frame.

[Kasperelo]

I don't know how to do the drawing...

[Jasoco]

For instance, you have a sprite sheet with all your animation frames next to each other.

You create the array of quads pseudo-ically like so:

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quad_array = {}
for i = 1, number_of_frames do
  quad_array[i] = love.graphics.newQuad((i - 1) * frame_width, y, frame_width, frame_height, image:getWidth(), image:getHeight())
end

Then in your update function for your animated thingy you increment the frames like so:

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current_frame = current_frame + dt * frame_animation_speed
if current_frame > number_frames then current_frame = 1 end

Then you draw the current quad...

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love.graphics.drawq(image, quad_array[math.floor(current_frame)], x, y, ...)

Or something like that. It's just pseudo.

UPDATE stuff goes in love.update(dt)

DRAW stuff goes in love.draw()

[Kasperelo]

I feel stupid.

[Jasoco]

Did it solve it? And which part was it?

[Kasperelo]

I feel stupid. 'Cause I don't understand anything...

[Nixola]

Then you're not stupid, you simply don't know things. Search for Kikito's tile tutorial, it taught me lua!
Kikito, did I karma you for this?

[Kasperelo]

Awesome!!!