animation+accelerometer

[Fojam]

ok i have the accelerometer function working so i can tilt to move my character left and right. the only problem is that i can't get him to animate while he is running in a certain direction. my code for the man moving is

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Vector v = getAccelerometer();
    xvelocity = v.y * -70;

can anyone help?

[skydereign]

Oh, that is the problem you were having? You should have mentioned you were having problems with animations. Anyway, if the animations are in a certain order, than you can use that to your advantage, and avoid an if. Otherwise, you'll probably have to use an if.

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if(xvelocity>0)
{
    // ChangeAnimation to run right NO_CHANGE
}
else
{
    // ChangeAnimation to run left NO_CHANGE
}

Also it depends on if the actor can use other animations, for example jump. If so then the above won't work with the jumping, but hopefully that is enough to get you going.

[Fojam]

Thanks. Actually i figured out my original problem but i was stumped on this. Thanks for answering

[Game A Gogo]

Oh, that is the problem you were having? You should have mentioned you were having problems with animations. Anyway, if the animations are in a certain order, than you can use that to your advantage, and avoid an if. Otherwise, you'll probably have to use an if.

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if(xvelocity>0)
{
    // ChangeAnimation to run right NO_CHANGE
}
else
{
    // ChangeAnimation to run left NO_CHANGE
}

Also it depends on if the actor can use other animations, for example jump. If so then the above won't work with the jumping, but hopefully that is enough to get you going.

what happens if the player is not moving? he'll keep running towards the left...

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if(xvelocity>0)
{
    // ChangeAnimation to run right NO_CHANGE
}
else if(xvelocity<0)
{
    // ChangeAnimation to run left NO_CHANGE
}
else
{
    //ChangeAnimation to standing still NO_CHANGE
}

[skydereign]

Hmm, I guess. I assumed it was still just a running game, a lot of them that use tilt don't have a standing position, the tilt is just to change direction. But even then the approach to do it would have been pretty obvious, at least that was my intent. Recently, I've been trying to not do all the thinking for people I help, just enough to get them going.