actor n background

[master0500]

it easier to make it you self or request it as you may not find what you need and you'll avoid problems with copywrite

[dzuncoi]

what program do u use to creat animations guy ?

[MrJolteon]

I use MS Paint.

[dzuncoi]

really let me try, thank u

[dzuncoi]

hey guy, when i creat an animation, there is still a white background behind the animation, how can i delete this ?

[happyjustbecause]

You have to have a transparent background, I'm not sure how to do it MS paint, I use a different program. I found these tutorials though:

http://www.ehow.com/how_5649617_make-im ... paint.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKyHxp_QSiU

[MrJolteon]

On Win7, the only way to remove the background in MS Paint is by saving as a space-wasting BMP.
I recommend Paint.NET to remove backgrounds.

[master0500]

i use graphics gale: http://www.humanbalance.net/gale/us/
or photoshop

[dzuncoi]

On Win7, the only way to remove the background in MS Paint is by saving as a space-wasting BMP.
I recommend Paint.NET to remove backgrounds.

yeah, i move from MS Paint to Paint.net recently, its more convenient

[dzuncoi]

hey guys, can u show me when we use draw actor event ? and the differences between yvelocity n y ? such as a code like this:

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y+ = 5

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yvelocity+ =5

[skydereign]

You should be able to test that yourself. The results will be pretty obvious. If you type in y+=5 in draw, your actor will move at a constant speed of 5 pixels per frame. If you use yvelocity+=5 your actor will increase in speed by 5 pixels per frame (accelerating extremely fast). So, if you want to use constant movement (as in the first method) you can just use yvelocity=5 in the create actor event. That way the actor's speed will be 5, and you don't have to keep telling the actor to move 5 pixels down (like you would using the draw event). If you can avoid using the draw actor event you should (within reason) because the event triggers every frame of the game. This isn't too big a problem if only a couple of actors have it, but if you had 100 bullets on screen, you can see that it could easily get out of hand.

There are cases though you can't use simple setting of yvelocity to achieve the kind of movement you want, and in that case you can use the draw event. For instance, if the enemy needs to be able to move back and forth depending on the player's position, you can either use a timer or the draw event, since you need to check occasionally if the enemy needs to change direction.

[dzuncoi]

thank u, i tested it before but in 2 cases the actor moved out of the view actor so fast, i cant see the differences between 2 cases so i asked like that next time i will test carefully before asking a question

[dzuncoi]

hey guy, i have a picture like this how can i devide it to create animation
i can make some smaller pictures like but it doesnt work, i try but still dunno how to adjust horizontal/vertical frames for them

[MrJolteon]

Each frame must be exactly the same size for it to work.

[dzuncoi]

can u explain more ? from this picture, how can i know what its size for each frame ?