Sweatdrop on a LiveComposite

[PixelFade]

Hello,

I'm looking for some assistance with ATL and specifically, doing a sweatdrop on a LiveComposite.

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    image sweat:
        contains:
            linear 0 alpha 1.0
            "sweatdrop.png"
            easeout .55 yoffset 50
            
            linear .5 alpha 0.0
            "sweatdrop.png"
            linear 0 yoffset 0

            
    image MC Happy sweat = LiveComposite((500,500),(0,0), "MC Happy",(0,0),"sweat")

Right now, this works properly, but only 1 time. If I show "MC Happy sweat" again, nothing happens. If I do repeat, it also does it properly, however it would be best not to keep repeating this animation. Is there a way to tell it to go back to the top after doing it once?

Or if there is a better way to do this action, that would be great too!

Thank you for your time, regards.

[Kinsman]

Try writing the whole animation, "MC Happy" and "sweat" both, as ATL.

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    image MC happy sweat:
        contains:
            "MC happy"
        contains:
            linear 0 alpha 1.0
            "sweatdrop.png"
            easeout .55 yoffset 50
           
            linear .5 alpha 0.0
            "sweatdrop.png"
            linear 0 yoffset 0

Some fiddling with anchor points and position may be needed.

[apricotorange]

Simple approach:

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    show MC Happy
    show MC Happy sweat

[pwisaguacate]

That sweat image stays stuck at the top left corner, is hard to reposition, and can be made shorter. Rewrite it like this:

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image sweat:
    "sweatdrop.png"
    easeout .55 yoffset 50
    linear .5 alpha 0.0

Following apricotorange's "simple approach", you may define custom transforms for many character and/or positions:

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transform MC_center:
    xalign .55 yalign 0.2
[...]

label start:
    show MC Happy at left
    show sweat at MC_left
    "Well..."

    return

[PixelFade]

Thank you for the assistance, here are the results:

Try writing the whole animation, "MC Happy" and "sweat" both, as ATL.

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    image MC happy sweat:
        contains:
            "MC happy"
        contains:
            linear 0 alpha 1.0
            "sweatdrop.png"
            easeout .55 yoffset 50
           
            linear .5 alpha 0.0
            "sweatdrop.png"
            linear 0 yoffset 0

Some fiddling with anchor points and position may be needed.

The animation didn't occur, however the static images showed correctly.

That sweat image stays stuck at the top left corner, is hard to reposition, and can be made shorter. Rewrite it like this:

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image sweat:
    "sweatdrop.png"
    easeout .55 yoffset 50
    linear .5 alpha 0.0

When I removed the "Contains:" and modified to this, the animation did not occur; the static image displayed correctly.

Following apricotorange's "simple approach", you may define custom transforms for many character and/or positions:

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transform MC_center:
    xalign .55 yalign 0.2
[...]

label start:
    show MC Happy at left
    show sweat at MC_left
    "Well..."

    return

This worked. This issue is that the sprite and sweatdrop animation are not 'attached' (I was hoping this was possible in case there is movement to non-predefined locations).

I appreciate the help, looks like there might be more fiddling required...

So I'm guessing there is no way to tell the code to 'reset' after running through once after being called?

Thanks again, regards.