How do i make a animated freeplay background?

[jack-dutchie]

Describe your problem here.

so i wanted to make a animated freeplay background but i dont know how to make that so i need help

Are you modding a build from source or with Lua?

Lua

What is your build target?

Windows x64

Did you edit anything in this build? If so, mention or summarize your changes.

No

[Chidubemmo]

You can't . You have to use source. As far as I know Lua is usable only inside levels

[jack-dutchie]

You can't . You have to use source. As far as I know Lua is usable only inside levels

then how do i do it in source?

[Chidubemmo]

1. Make the background in animate/flash
2. Export it as a spritesheet.
3. Go inside FreeplayState.hx
4. Around line 110 you should find this line of code bg = new FlxSprite().loadGraphic(Paths.image('menuDesat'));, replace it with

bg.frames = Paths.getSparrowAtlas('filepath of the bg');
bg.animation.addbyPrefix('a name for the animation', 'name on xml', framerate, true);

[jack-dutchie]

1. Make the background in animate/flash
2. Export it as a spritesheet.
3. Go inside FreeplayState.hx
4. Around line 110 you should find this line of code bg = new FlxSprite().loadGraphic(Paths.image('menuDesat'));, replace it with

bg.frames = Paths.getSparrowAtlas('filepath of the bg');
bg.animation.addbyPrefix('a name for the animation', 'name on xml', framerate, true);

how do i get source?

[Chidubemmo]

Download it here,
Install VS Code and follow the instrunction in the readme.md file.
After installing and editing the source code open the build_x64.bat or if you don't have a windows computer use 'lime build mac' or 'lime build linux' on the command prompt/powershell

[jack-dutchie]

Download it here, Install VS Code and follow the instrunction in the readme.md file. After installing and editing the source code open the build_x64.bat or if you don't have a windows computer use 'lime build mac' or 'lime build linux' on the command prompt/powershell

ok so uh how do i use the file path of the bg

in the
bg.frames = Paths.getSparrowAtlas('filepath of the bg');
bg.animation.addbyPrefix('a name for the animation', 'name on xml', framerate, true);

[Chidubemmo]

just replace 'filepath of the bg' with the name of the spritesheet, it should be shared/images

[jack-dutchie]

just replace 'filepath of the bg' with the name of the spritesheet, it should be shared/images

is there any vids that could also help me

[Chidubemmo]

Do you have the animated spritesheet?

[jack-dutchie]

Do you have the animated spritesheet?

yes

[Chidubemmo]

did you put it in the images subfolder inside the shared folder ?

[jack-dutchie]

did you put it in the images subfolder inside the shared folder ?

in the assets/images
i didnt know where else

[Chidubemmo]

if you name the bg for example 'stupid_bg' you should use
bg.frames = Paths.getSparrowAtlas('stupid_bg');
I hope you understand now

[jack-dutchie]

if you name the bg for example 'stupid_bg' you should use bg.frames = Paths.getSparrowAtlas('stupid_bg'); I hope you understand now

for some reason i did that but it doesnt show up in the freeplay it only show the normal bg
i putted this in
freeplaystate
102 bg.frames = Paths.getSparrowAtlas('testbg');
103 bg.animation.addbyPrefix('idle', 'idle', 1, true);
104 add(bg)
but i treid without the add bg and still nothing

[Chidubemmo]

Wait why is the framerate at 1fps?

[jack-dutchie]

Wait why is the framerate at 1fps?

uh i am gonna change that i accidentally used 1

[Chidubemmo]

Can you Pass me the spritesheet and the xml?

[jack-dutchie]

Can you Pass me the spritesheet and the xml?

ok wait

[jack-dutchie]

Can you Pass me the spritesheet and the xml?

wait how?

[Chidubemmo]

send me like drive or mega.nz link

[jack-dutchie]

send me like drive or mega.nz link

ok

[jack-dutchie]

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MLB1SWSiNkktw05aZimC199GV9bfxLGq?usp=drive_link

send me like drive or mega.nz link

[jack-dutchie]

dont mind it being clouds bc its a test bg
and im gonna change it soon

[Chidubemmo]

i don't have acess

[jack-dutchie]

oh wait

[jack-dutchie]

now?
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MLB1SWSiNkktw05aZimC199GV9bfxLGq?usp=drive_link

[jack-dutchie]

i don't have acess

hello you there?

[Chidubemmo]

Figured it out... I think. It plays for me.
The only thing wrong is that the xml is incorrect there's a line of code that says 'imagepath=sky.png' even though it should be imagepath=testbg.png since it's the name of the spritesheet. I was trying to figure out what was wrong since I'm not an expert. Just replace everything with the code below

bg = new FlxSprite().loadGraphic(Paths.image('testbg', 'shared'), true);
bg.frames = Paths.getSparrowAtlas('testbg', 'shared');
bg.animation.addByPrefix('idle', 'idle', 12); //Or whatever is the fps idgaf
bg.animation.play('idle');
bg.antialiasing = ClientPrefs.globalAntialiasing;
add(bg);
bg.screenCenter();

[jack-dutchie]

sorry for wasting your time but can you help me with that

[Chidubemmo]

You didn't install haxe 4.2.5 (or any version for that matter)

[jack-dutchie]

nvm it worked
i had to reopen

[jack-dutchie]

i couldnt use sources bc it wouldnt let me start or play

[jack-dutchie]

You didn't install haxe 4.2.5 (or any version for that matter)

hey uh im having issues with my source it says
source/psychlua/CallbackHandler.hx:48: characters 18-33 : Class<llua.Lua_helper> has no field sendErrorsToLua