I had red lasers, but it didn't fit the blue lights in the turrets. I'll probably add multiple colors and change them when upgrading the turrets ;). Easy eyecandy and play-motivation.
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Now it's time for 2D animations!
Needed:
- string manipulating functions.
- Two string pointers and one panel pointer.
- pan_create ánd pan_remove!
- Your mind and a good mood! ha-ha-ha...
Define the two string and one panel pointer, then start a new function.
Take a long empty string. Build the string up like this:
"window (0,0,64,64,map_tga," + play_animation*64 + ", " + animation_frame*64 + "); flags=VISIBLE;"
Let the string process by a pan_create function and do this every frame (removing the old panel first).
play_animation is the animation you want to play (number from 0 to max_animations)
animation_frame is the frame of the animation you want to display (number from 0 to animation_length)
Now create a bitmap containing several rows of animations, each animation vertically displayed frame by frame.
graphical example and code sample:
//I'm not responsible for crashing your harddisk, use at own risk.
str_cpy (tempstr, "window(0, 0, 64, 64, bmap_name, ");
str_for_num (numstr, play_animation*64);
str_cat (tempstr, numstr);
str_cat (tempstr, ", ");
str_for_num (numstr, animation_frame*64);
str_cat (tempstr, numstr);
str_cat (tempstr, "); flags=VISIBLE;");
pan_remove(enemyPanel); //delete the older version of the enemy
enemyPanel = pan_create(tempstr, 10); //display a new frame
I am sure you have enough information now to figure out yourself! Go ahead, make your own marvelous 2d games, and make me proud!
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isn't that supposed to be "We're all gonna die!" lol 
