[solved] define animation inside python function

[Kia]

I'm trying to define some animation using python, a single frame was easy:

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    def create_animations(name = "laria"):
        img = "rpg/npc/{}/sheet.png".format(name)
        d = Crop((32, 0, 32, 32), img)
        renpy.image(name, d)

however, I can't find any reference on how to construct an animation object in python, for example I need to create a displayable from:

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image You down walk:
    Crop((0, 0, 32, 32), img)
    pause .1
    Crop((32, 0, 32, 32), img)
    pause .1
    Crop((64, 0, 32, 32), img)
    pause .1
    Crop((32, 0, 32, 32), img)
    pause .1
    repeat

to pass to renpy.image(name, d)
I assume it must be something like Image(img1, 0.1, img2, 0.1, img3, 0.1, img4, 0.1, repeat=True) but I can't find the correct format. anybody knows the proper way to do it?

[Alex]

I'm trying to define some animation using python...

Try DynamicDisplayable - https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/displaya ... isplayable

There was some posts about it
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=61883&p=541642&hili ... le#p541642
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=55390&p=512313&hili ... le#p512313

[Kia]

I can see how that can be used to display a different frame based on how long the image was on the screen, but before diving into that rabbit hole, is it really the only way to loop through few frames of animation?
doesn't image have a python equivalent that takes a tuple of every frame and their delays to loop through them?
keep in mind that I don't want to have an image that I can change, I just want to define the same animated image but inside python so I can automate the defining process.

[hell_oh_world]

Adding to what Alex answered, I did something similar before...
viewtopic.php?p=540520#p540520
You can replace the frames with any displayable you want.

[Kia]

I've finally got time to try it and it works, thank you both.
Now I'm wondering: since we're calling this function constantly for every animated object of the same type. Does it come with a bigger performance hit than animations that are defined the regular way? Or regular animation does the same thing in the background as well?