movement

[master0500]

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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-master0500

[tzoli]

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.

[master0500]

but how would i use these?

[skydereign]

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.