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Change Animation in Code

by Sam M · in Torque X 2D · 04/04/2007 (11:21 am) · 2 replies

I've looked around the TorqueX forums but I can't quite seem to find a thread that works for the latest release. So I'm wondering what would be the best way to change an animated sprite's animation in code. Any help would be great, thanks.
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Torque Owner Thomas Buscaglia
#1
04/04/2007 (12:34 pm)
This is the easiest method:

myAnimatedSprite.PlayAnimation(myAnimationData);

Where myAnimatedSprite is a T2DAnimatedSprite and myAnimationData is a T2DAnimationData of the new animation you wish to be played. You can get a reference to an animated sprite or animation created in TGBX by name like so:

T2DAnimatedSprite myAnimatedSprite = TorqueObjectDatabase.Instance.FindObject<T2DAnimatedSprite>("myAnimatedThingy");

T2DAnimationData myAnimationData = TorqueObjectDatabase.Instance.FindObject<T2DAnimationData>("skippittyDoo");

Where "myAnimatedThingy" is the name given to the animated sprite in TGBX and "skippittyDoo" is the name given to the animation in TGBX.

Torque Owner Greg Baker
#2
04/05/2007 (6:56 am)
@Sam M

I put together some 'animation' management code you may be interested in.

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