Play animations in a row

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

Hi everybody!
Im working on some tool, that will allow me to import animations for displayObjects from xml file.

now, the main loop for playing animation looks this way(tweak exmple from http://developer.anscamobile.com/content/animation#comment-42405):
[lua]frameInc = 1
pass = function()
if frameInc frameInc = frameInc + 1
transition.to(self.image, {time=self.Animation.TimePerFrame, onComplete=pass, x= self.image.x + v.Frames[frameInc].Pos[1], y= self.image.y + v.Frames[frameInc].Pos[2] … etc)
end
end
pass()[/lua]
it loops thgough the frames and move sprite in series.
everything works like a charm… BUT :slight_smile:
if i want play animation few times in a row, by calling
obj:play(animFile)
obj:play(animFile)
obj:play(animFile)
it start all function simultaneously and sprite moves strange.
And i want it to plays in order. one by one.
Can somebody help me, please?Maybe, i choose wrong technique to play animation at all? [import]uid: 41345 topic_id: 12761 reply_id: 312761[/import]

#2

Now I haven’t tested this and I’m a little groggy after a long day, but I believe this should work - try it and let me know, if it doesn’t I shall take a good look at it in the morning :slight_smile:

[lua]local function multiPass (event)
frameInc = 1
pass = function()
if frameInc frameInc = frameInc + 1
transition.to(self.image, {time=self.Animation.TimePerFrame, onComplete=pass, x= self.image.x + v.Frames[frameInc].Pos[1], y= self.image.y + v.Frames[frameInc].Pos[2] … etc)
end
end
pass()
end
timer.performWithDelay(5000, multiPass, 10)[/lua]

That would call it 10 times, 5 seconds apart. You’d want to change the 5000 to however long it takes to complete the full cycle. As in, if it takes 10 seconds, do 10,000.

Peach :slight_smile: [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 12761 reply_id: 46945[/import]

#3

Thanks for answer, Peach! But i did it that way too) i even wrote the function that returned animation duration for me, so i could run performWithDelay with delay equal to animation duration. But i am looking for solving case in which a few animation(maybe different) can spawn in short period of time. And i want them play in a row, one by one…
[import]uid: 41345 topic_id: 12761 reply_id: 46969[/import]

#4

maybe, i need dispatch event or checking somehow if object plays animation at some point of time and wait till it ends before starting new [import]uid: 41345 topic_id: 12761 reply_id: 46970[/import]