Hi there, have a problem dealing with sprites...

I made an animated sprite in pcx format and imprted it into the game. I open the scripts and intend to assign an action to the sprite in order to control the frame movements.

Take at look at my action:

action sprite
{
my.transparent = on;
my.alpha = 100;
while(1)
{
my.frame += 1.5 * time;
if (my.frame > 24)
{
my.frame -= 24;
}
wait(1);
}
}

But the problem is, when I attach this action to the sprite, build it, and run it, I got a pop up error message saying "<SPARKS+24.PCXSPRITE>: Can't open file" what is wrong here? By the way, my sprite name is sparks+24.pcx Thanks alot!

It sounds like you have defined your sprite improperly.

It needs to be something like

bmap bmSmoke = <SmokePart.pcx>;

or

string Smoke = <SmokePart.pcx>;

Maybe your 3DGS version does not like that the name is not 8.3 ??
Try with spark+24.pcx instead of sparks+24.pcx

quote---I got a pop up error message saying "<SPARKS+24.PCXSPRITE>: Can't open file" what is wrong here? By the way, my sprite name is sparks+24.pcx Thanks alot!

your problem is very simple. can't open file is because its not in the right dir. example if your game is in c:\programs\gstudio\work put your pcx file there, if its programs\gstudio\work\mygames
well by now you should know.the reason i know this is because you aleast posted the code you
using, and i tested it it, along with your pcx name, and it works ok for me, pcx grows and grows smaller, exactally as the code call for. one pointer, with pcx file watch your format size, around 144x192 is good.