[REL] 50p's SpriteAnim lib

[50p]

Info:

SpriteAnim lib. Have you even wanted to make 2D animations in MTA with sprite sheets? Here is a library to help you out.

Here is a video to show you a few examples:

This resource is an example of how to use it. Want to use the lib in your own script? Just copy the c_SpriteAnim.lua file to your resource and add it to meta.xml.

How to use the lib:

To create your own animation you need to call SpriteAnim: new() function. Here are its parameters:

SpriteAnim: new( filename, x, y, width, height, uCount, vCount, fps )

* filename: path to the sprite sheet

* x, y: X and Y position of the animation on the screen

* width, height: exactly what it says (single sprite size is best)

* uCount, vCount: number of frames in a row and column (respectively)

* (optional) fps: frames per second (speed of the animation itself)

Additional tool:

Gif 2 Sprite is a tool that will let you create a sprite sheets from GIFs, so you can create animations for your server even easier!

Have a look yourself:

Download:

SpriteAnim library: https://community.multitheftauto.com/index.php?p= ... ls&id=5832

Gif 2 Sprite tool: http://scripteditor.beta.mtasa.com/files/Gif2Sprite.zip

[Castillo]

Good work, I made a similar function ( not a library ) with DirectX.

[Soren]

Amazing! Keep up with the good work

[xTravax]

what is this for?

for what can i use it?

[GodFather]

Watch the video? You can make picture animations or gifs you just use multiple .png.

[50p]

Thanks guys. I'd like to see people using it on their servers.

what is this for?

for what can i use it?

Sprite animation has been used in games for very long time. Most of the time it's used for 2D animations. Watch this video and hopefully you'll understand better

[Renkon]

This could be useful to make something like GIFs, right?

[Castillo]

It's exactly what it does, it can be used to simulate .gif images.

[50p]

Added a small stand-alone application which allows you to create sprite sheets from GIFs. Check the first post.

[Ransom]

Very neat.

@xTravax this kind of thing is usually just for the user HUD. Think something like star fox with the animated windows coming up from Peppy. DO A BARREL ROLL!!!

You could do something like make an animation purchase shop and show all the previews in 2D.

You could make a platformer game for waiting players.

You could make animated cursors like RTS games use for shooting off nukes and such.

You could make unit pictures like in RTS that show a little animation loop of some sort.

You can make a Wolfenstein 3D type health display where the face gets bloodied up as you're dying.

Lots of uses...

[0xCiBeR]

How do you eliminate the sprite image..I only want the animation? ._. Help plss

[50p]

@ciber, the whole point is to use the sprite image. Since you can't simply draw .gif animation in MTA I made this sprite animation library. As you can see in the video I switch between sprites.