Smooth walking animation?

[Lacotemale]

Hi all,

Turns out one of the biggest problems I have making my game is getting the walking animation to look decent. At the moment I have 4 pictures/frames for it and in the animation preview it looks good.

However, inside the game it does not. It looks very flickery(if thats a word). Do I need more frames in the animation? or is the problem because the animation is set the the "d" key and repeat is turned on?

Any help/ideas/solutions are welcome here!

[lcl]

or is the problem because the animation is set the the "d" key and repeat is turned on?

This is the problem if you are using FORWARD as the animation direction. Use NO CHANGE instead, and it'll run smoothly.
With forward it just keeps repeating the first 2 frames, since every frame the key is pressed it resets the animation back to the first frame.
No change option avoids this bug.

[Lacotemale]

Ah perfect! Thanks again Lcl!

[lcl]

You're welcome!

[retroarcade]

I know it is an old post but I also have to say thanks: changing from "forward" to "no change" was the solution I was looking for.