trying to make a simple animation......

[Niteowl]

So, I was trying to make a very simple animation (more of a slideshow really.....

in the documentation I read this:


Image Statement With ATL Block

The second way to use ATL is as part of an image statement with ATL block. This binds an image name to the given transform. As there's no way to supply parameters to this transform, it's only useful if the transform defines an animation. The syntax for an image statement with ATL block is:

atl_image ::= "image" image_name ":"
atl_block

image eileen animated:
"eileen_happy.png"
pause 1.0
"eileen_vhappy.png"
pause 1.0
repeat


so, I tried to code the following

image whatever:
scene 1
pause .3
scene 2
pause .3
repeat

the whole thing doesn't work...I keep getting an error message that the program can't find a comma or the end of the line in the first indented line after the image statement.
The whole thing seems to work for other people but..... not for me
I don't get it...... what am I doing wrong? The images I'm trying to show were all defined , for example image 1 = "1.jpg", etc

Now, there is one way I can make my animation work...if I start with a label statement and at the end jump to label.... but of course that creates an infinite loop that crashes renpy if you try to get out of it

can anybody help? This is really frustrating.

Gotta get off the computer, I've been wasting the whole afternoon on this....but yeah, please help...I don't even care whether I complete my project or not, I just want to understand what I'm doing wrong.....
I mean, I know you can do some rather complex sprite animations...but I'm just trying to do a cheesy slideshow-animation for crying out loud...it shouldn't be this hard.

[Imperf3kt]

Python requires indentation to work correctly.
Have you made sure your 'block' has been indented?

[Niteowl]

Python requires indentation to work correctly.
Have you made sure your 'block' has been indented?

I'm aware that indentation is important and I did check it....but ok, I"ll have another look

But isn't the indentation kind of automatic in some cases? Like after a ':' it automatically indents.... doesn't it? IS there some specific issue I have to look for in the example I posted?

[Imperf3kt]

Some programs will automatically indent, yes (one of the reasons I still use editra)

I only mentioned it because I cannot see your indentation without your code being posted between code tags.

Can you copy/paste the exact error message as well?

At a guess, I'd say the error is because you're trying to use a "scene" instead of an image. Try substituting an image file name inside quotation.

[rayminator]

you have the right and wrong

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image eileen animated:
"eileen_happy.png"
pause 1.0
"eileen_vhappy.png"
pause 1.0
repeat

it should look like this

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image run_animation2:
    "background/background3.JPG"
    2.0
    "background/background4.JPG"
    2.0
    "background/background2.JPG"
    repeat

then script it would like this

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show run_animation2

hope this helps you out a little

[Niteowl]

you have the right and wrong

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image eileen animated:
"eileen_happy.png"
pause 1.0
"eileen_vhappy.png"
pause 1.0
repeat

it should look like this

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image run_animation2:
    "background/background3.JPG"
    2.0
    "background/background4.JPG"
    2.0
    "background/background2.JPG"
    repeat

then script it would like this

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show run_animation2

hope this helps you out a little

I have the indentation in the actual code, it just didn't show on my post here
the editor I use automatically indents, that part was all good.....
I was trying to switch between scene so maybe that was an issue.....
but, when I put the image number in brackets, the program treats it like a character's statement and just puts it on the screen in the dialogue box instead of showing the image

anyways, I will experiment a little more later, the post gave me some ideas

[Niteowl]

you have the right and wrong

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image eileen animated:
"eileen_happy.png"
pause 1.0
"eileen_vhappy.png"
pause 1.0
repeat

it should look like this

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image run_animation2:
    "background/background3.JPG"
    2.0
    "background/background4.JPG"
    2.0
    "background/background2.JPG"
    repeat

then script it would like this

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show run_animation2

hope this helps you out a little

I typed your exact code in a new project I made for testing...... the code will simply ignore it all...if I add nothing else, nothing will happen
I added another scene and that was shown, but the program completely ignored any instruction to show the animation loop

[rayminator]

where are you putting the images in what folder?
my code works fine for me and I don't use this

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atl_image ::= "image" image_name ":"
atl_block

for my animations try it without this part to see if works