Walking Help

bransen111

I have a sprite sheet with all the drawings for walk but i dont know how to make them work. i can make him move but i want it to actually look real so if someone can help it would be great. Thanks
P.S. i have photoshop

gyroscope

Hi bransen111, not quite understanding what you're after: you've got the sprite sheet so you just want to split it up to the separate files? Or you've trouble with the animation part; or you need to amend the sprites on the sprite sheet to make them more "real"?

bransen111

sorry. I split it up already in photoshop but now i want to make him actually look like he is walking instead of just sliding on the floor. so i hope this help thanks

gyroscope

Got it, thanks. It's difficult to give a complete answer without seeing the actual graphics, as all sprite styles are different. But if I inderstand you correctly, the actual walking animation sequence is fine, but the speed is too fast, so it looks like its sliding?

In that case, you need to slow down the movement of the character, depending how you have him moving; for instance, if you're using the Move behavior, then lower the speed until the character doesn't seem to slide anymore.

Alternatively, raise the speed (fps) in your Animate Behavior.

Either of these will work, it'll take a bit of experimentation though to get the perfect result. Hope that sorts it for you.

:-)

bransen111

im sorry. i was wondering because i only have one of the sprite pictures in the file and so when i put the other ones in how do i make it go like a sequence or animation do i have to make an animation in a seperate program or can i do it in gamesalad? heres an example
Sprite=the picture
sprite-1 then sprite-2 then sprite-3 then sprite-4 then sprite-1 then sprite-2 and so on so it looks like an animation and can walk throughout the game.
Thanks and sorry for my bad wording.

gyroscope

No worries! In the rules of the Player (main character actor) under the Move Behavior, drag out an Animate Behavior. click on Images and add all of your sprite frames. Then select them all and drag them into the Animate Behavior. You only need one set as it will continue to loop through the one sequence. you can adjust the fps speed there, until the walking character seems right. Hope it all works out. :-)

bransen111

ok that seems like it will work great thank you very much