start and stop animation

Dooki

Whew, just got back from vacation and I feel that I need to relearn GS all over again! Bummer.

OK, so my actor is in top view.
-I have it set up so he moves to the location I click.
-I have the animation for walking, however, when he arrives at the tapped location the walking animation continues (walking while stationary).
-I want the animation to stop when the actor stops, and then start again when he move again.
-I have a ping file for "standing" mode but I don't know how to swap this with the animation when he stops moving.

Q: What's the set up to turn on the off the animation when the actor is NOT moving?

Thanks!

Oh, and I have searched the forums and found a thread on stopping an animation when the actor hits a wall. Mine is a little different. Thanks again.

design219

You have some action that tells your actor when to stop, and another when to go, so you just need to create a boolean attribute called "walk" and switch it to true when he is moving and false when he is not.

Then, in your actor, put the animation in a rule that only works when "walk" is true.

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Dooki

Hey thanks design219.

Actually my setup for movement is a self targeting X,Y. There is no action to tell it to stop. Will your advice still for this? Thanks.

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Dooki

...dang, I can't figure out how people are embedding images in threads.

chosenonestudios

chosenonestudios

Designs method should work for that too.

Dooki

Thanks.
Hey, how did you get my image to embed?

Dooki

OK, let's see if I have this correct.

- I created a game boolean attribute (Walking)
- In my actor I put the animation into a rule that says: When Walking is true: run animation.

Q: So how do I go about setting up "when Walk is false?" I mean, do I then create a new rule that when Walking is false: no animation? If not a new rule, am I adding this to the "Otherwise" tab?
Thanks!

Dooki

So I created this attribute as a separate rule. Should I have incorporated it into my movement rule? (see image above)

As is, being a separate rule, my actor just appears as a white block.

Lastly, I still don't understand how to set up the Walking=false.

Thanks!

Dooki

anyone?