animate 2d character

[siml]

hi.
i want to animate a 2d character in Shiva.
should i use timer to animate it (change texture) or use onEnterFrame event?

[Kwaung]

What you are using for your character animation, HUD system or a texture map to a plane?
If you use HUD timer, I have no idea about that.
But if you use the plane one. I suggest changing texture's UV will be more faster than change texture itself. And yes you need the animation system to update every frame. It up to your design that you will use Event's onLoop() or onEnterFrame().
I suggest that create one main AI to taking care of all animation update will faster than per object(character) basis.

[siml]

my character animation is 2 second long,and 24 frame(24 texture).how can animate it in onloop while keeping normal movement?

[broozar]

there's a tutorial for that:

http://www.stonetrip.com/developer/forum/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=24932

[siml]

hi dear broozar.
i have so many character in my scene,doesn't it make game slow?
do i have define anim2DTimer for every character in scene?

[broozar]

"many" is a very relative term, not only depending on the actual amount, but on the target platform as well. you have to conduct tests on your own. of course, as always, using less objects is always better.

do i have define anim2DTimer for every character in scene?

no, this hud action only tells the main ai when to animate. make sure you object.sendEvent() the animation from onAnimate in the main AI to every onAnimate event in every object you want to update though.