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I'm making a top-down game and i would like to know what would be the best way to have 8-directional movement (arrow keys) and how i would make it so he could also attack (z) and defend (x) in the direction he is facing. the animations he has are:
movement- left and right
standing still- " "
attack- " "
defend- " "

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I think the best way to have some variables which contains the direction and the status(eg.Stand,Move,Attack,Defend) and with the "Draw Actor" you always change the animation to that one you need.

but how would i use these?

It has been suggested you maintain a variable to hold the direction. So, minimally you have this simple solution.

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switch(dir)
{
    case 0: // east
    ChangeAnimation("Event Actor", "defend_e", FORWARD);
    break;

    case 1: // north east
    ChangeAnimation("Event Actor", "defend_ne", FORWARD);
    break;

    // and so on
}

But, if you order your animations in the proper order (start with east, and rotate counterclockwise) you can use the getAnimName function.

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ChangeAnimation("Event Actor", getAnimName(defend_east_index+dir), FORWARD);

Of course changing defend_east_index with the animindex value representing the defend_east animation. Same technique can be used with the other animations.