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deezay

I'm fairly new to this stuff, I have just looked at the animation and timers sample. I was wondering how i could combine these two together to create multiple animations that move independently based on different timers or a certain time after the previous sprite has moved? Any help will be much appreciated.

devrimdikol

You can add a timer to the Bird class (inside the Bird:init method):

   self.timer = Timer.new(20, 0)
 
   self.timer:addEventListener(Event.TIMER, self.onTimer, self)
   self.timer:start()

Then, instead of changing the current animation frame inside Bird:onEnterFrame, do it inside the timer event:

function Bird:onTimer()
   self:removeChild(self.frames[math.floor(self.frame)])
   self.frame = self.frame + 0.1
   if self.frame >= self.nframes + 1 then
      self.frame = 1
   end
   self:addChild(self.frames[math.floor(self.frame)])
end

Hope this helps.

deezay

ok thanks i did notice a change but just to check is this wt u meant -

Bird = gideros.class(Sprite)
 
 
function Bird:init(frameList)
 
   self.frames = {}
 
   for i = 1, #frameList do
      self.frames[i] = Bitmap.new(TextureRegion.new(Texture.new(frameList[i])))
   end
 
   self.nframes = #frameList
 
   -- to find the bounding box we add all childs and then remove them
   for i = 1, #self.frames do
      self:addChild(self.frames[i])
   end
 
   local width = self:getWidth()
   local height = self:getHeight()
 
   for i = 1, #self.frames do
      self:removeChild(self.frames[i])
   end
 
 
   for i = 1, #self.frames do
      self.frames[i]:setX(-width/2)
      self.frames[i]:setY(-height/2)
   end
 
 
   self.frame = 1
   self:addChild(self.frames[1])
 
   self:setX(540)
   self:setY(math.random(160) + 40)
 
   self.speedy = math.random(-1000,1000)/1000
 
   self:addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, self.onEnterFrame, self)
 
   self.timer = Timer.new(20, 0)
   function Bird:onTimer()
   self:removeChild(self.frames[math.floor(self.frame)])
   self.frame = self.frame + 0.1
   if self.frame >= self.nframes + 1 then
      self.frame = 1
   end
   self:addChild(self.frames[math.floor(self.frame)])
end
self.timer:addEventListener(Event.TIMER, self.onTimer, self)
   self.timer:start()   
end
 
 
function Bird:onEnterFrame()
   self:removeChild(self.frames[math.floor(self.frame)])
   self.frame = self.frame + 0.1
   if self.frame >= self.nframes + 1 then
      self.frame = 1
   end
   self:addChild(self.frames[math.floor(self.frame)])
 
   local x = self:getX()
   local y = self:getY()
 
   if (y > 300) then self.speedy = 2 * self.speedy end
   if (y < 10) then self.speedy = -2 * self.speedy end
 
 
   x = x - 3
   y = y + self.speedy
 
   if (x < -10) then 
      x = 540
      y = (math.random(160) + 40)
   end
   print(x, y)
 
   self:setX(x)
   self:setY(y)
 
end

devrimdikol

This was what I meant

Bird = gideros.class(Sprite)
 
 
function Bird:init(frameList)
 
   self.frames = {}
 
   for i = 1, #frameList do
      self.frames[i] = Bitmap.new(TextureRegion.new(Texture.new(frameList[i])))
   end
 
   self.nframes = #frameList
 
   -- to find the bounding box we add all childs and then remove them
   for i = 1, #self.frames do
      self:addChild(self.frames[i])
   end
 
   local width = self:getWidth()
   local height = self:getHeight()
 
   for i = 1, #self.frames do
      self:removeChild(self.frames[i])
   end
 
 
   for i = 1, #self.frames do
      self.frames[i]:setX(-width/2)
      self.frames[i]:setY(-height/2)
   end
 
 
   self.frame = 1
   self:addChild(self.frames[1])
 
   self:setX(540)
   self:setY(math.random(160) + 40)
 
   self.speedy = math.random(-1000,1000)/1000
 
   self:addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, self.onEnterFrame, self)
 
   self.timer = Timer.new(20, 0)
 
   self.timer:addEventListener(Event.TIMER, self.onTimer, self)
   self.timer:start()   
end
 
function Bird:onTimer()
   self:removeChild(self.frames[math.floor(self.frame)])
   self.frame = self.frame + 0.1
   if self.frame >= self.nframes + 1 then
      self.frame = 1
   end
   self:addChild(self.frames[math.floor(self.frame)])
end
 
function Bird:onEnterFrame()
   local x = self:getX()
   local y = self:getY()
 
   if (y > 300) then self.speedy = 2 * self.speedy end
   if (y < 10) then self.speedy = -2 * self.speedy end
 
 
   x = x - 3
   y = y + self.speedy
 
   if (x < -10) then
      x = 540
      y = (math.random(160) + 40)
   end
   print(x, y)
 
   self:setX(x)
   self:setY(y)
 
end

deezay

oh right haha...thanks for your help mate appreciate it

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