How to make animation?

[LavX64]

I want to create animated death of enemies, and animations when they hit bullet. But i dont want to use any modules, because my animation is to easy for this(1-2 frames, mb 5). So, what should i do?

[MadByte]

No animation is "to easy" to use a animation library (like anim8)
Anyway, if you really want to do it manually you could create a table which later contains all frames. set the image frame width and height and the spritesheet you want to use and also set a delay you would like to have. Then use love.graphics.newQuad for each frame in your image and save it to the table. Now you just need to update a timer which changes the current frame everytime the given "delay" is reached and if you got the last item in your table reset it to the first one.
You also need to create a state variable (playing, paused states).

I really recommend you to use a library
here is a quick example for animation creation:

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love.graphics.setDefaultFilter("nearest", "nearest")

-- Create a new Animation Object --
-- Note: this method isn't that efficent! --
function newAnimation(imagePath, fw, fh, delay)
  local animation = {}
  animation.image = love.graphics.newImage(imagePath)
  animation.fw = fw
  animation.fh = fh
  animation.delay = delay or .1
  animation.timer = 0
  animation.quads = {}
  animation.state = "paused"
  animation.currentFrame = 1
  
  local iw, ih = animation.image:getDimensions()
  for i = 1, iw/fw do
    animation.quads[i] = love.graphics.newQuad(animation.fw * i - animation.fw, 0, animation.fw, animation.fh, animation.image:getDimensions())
  end
  
  animation.play = function(self)
    self.currentFrame = 1
    self.state = "playing"
  end
  
  animation.pause = function(self)
    self.state = "paused"
  end
  
  animation.setFrame = function(self, frame)
    self.currentFrame = frame
  end

  animation.resume = function(self)
    self.state = "playing"
  end
  
  animation.update = function(self, dt)
    self.timer = self.timer + dt
    if self.timer > self.delay and self.state == "playing" then
      if self.currentFrame < #self.quads then self.currentFrame = self.currentFrame+1
    else self.currentFrame = 1 end
    self.timer = 0
    end
  end
  
  animation.draw = function(self, x, y, sx, sy, ox, oy, kx, ky)
    love.graphics.draw(self.image, self.quads[self.currentFrame], x or 0, y or 0, sx or 1, sy or 1, ox or 0, oy or 0, kx or 0, ky or 0)
  end
  
  return animation
end


local men1 = newAnimation("spritesheet.png", 10, 12, .1)
men1:play()

function love.update(dt)
  men1:update(dt)
end

function love.draw()
  men1:draw(100, 100, 0, 4, 4)
end

function love.keypressed(key)
  if key == "escape" then love.event.quit() end
end

animation.love

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[LavX64]

Oh sh**. I should really use ani8
But anyway, thank you very much

[LavX64]

Well, now i got another problem.
"There is no frame for x=1, y=1"
I have watched tutorials here https://github.com/kikito/anim8, and made all step-by-step. Created framed sprite sheet, i know size of all canvas, i made all pixel-by-pixel, so i just cant understand where is the problem .
What can be the problem? Can u help me?

[s-ol]

Well, now i got another problem.
"There is no frame for x=1, y=1"
I have watched tutorials here https://github.com/kikito/anim8, and made all step-by-step. Created framed sprite sheet, i know size of all canvas, i made all pixel-by-pixel, so i just cant understand where is the problem .
What can be the problem? Can u help me?

Either your grid or image size is wrong, anim8 can't find the first sprite because of this.

[LavX64]

Either your grid or image size is wrong, anim8 can't find the first sprite because of this.

Yep, but i made it pixel-by-pixel, so cant understand where problem exactly is.

[LavX64]

Ah, anyway i can't do it properly. Help me plz :C

[NickRock]

Hey man, the code is really messed up. I had to spend 30 minutes to understand what's going on..
Maybe you can try using AnAL (Animation And Love) Get it here: https://love2d.org/wiki/AnAL

It says that it's outdated but it's really easy for beginners in my opinion.

[Fang86]

Hey man, the code is really messed up. I had to spend 30 minutes to understand what's going on..
Maybe you can try using AnAL (Animation And Love) Get it here: https://love2d.org/wiki/AnAL

It says that it's outdated but it's really easy for beginners in my opinion.

Yeah I love AnAL No but seriosuly, it's a great library for animation, also very simple to use.

[LavX64]

Yeeeep. My code so sh**ty
But its my like 1st try, so i will grow up in this buisness. And thx for all your help) I really appreciate