dumb question #34

eboy

I want to create a button that when pressed, activates an animation but when released the animation actor goes away/ I was trying to figure it out but nothing I did worked...could someone help out this stupnaggle.

butterbean

This is off the top of my head, there could be a better way:

Create global game attribute: Game.buttonpressed

Create a rule within the button actor that you're pushing

Rule: When touch is pressed:

change attribute: game.buttonispressed to true

Rule: When touch is released:

change attribute: game.buttoninspressed to false

Within the actor you want animated do this:

Rule: When game.buttonispressed is true

Animate: "whatever you want animated"

In the animation piece: (what it is you're adding to the actor or animating)

The best way you could do this is make the "animation" a separate actor and destroy it after a few seconds that way when you push the button again, it will activate the animation as new

Hope this helps!

synthesis

That is a dumb question!!! (just kidding)
Have 2 rules
Rule 1:
when touch is pressed
animate...

Rule 2:
when touch is released:
changeImage to.... (if you want no image...use a blank/transparent png file...if you want the actor still present in the scene...and this will get rid of the animation to relieve a little processor strain)

AND

change self.alpha to 0
change self.position.Y to 800 (or some location out of the screen)
The alpha setting will make it invisible and Y position adjustment will move it out of sight so you can't press it again. Then you can move it back later if needed.

Or you can destroy it if you never will need it again in the scene.