Animation (2D) - I need some basic information
Author
G'day,
I've just finished writing some parts for my engine, or to be specific: it's graphics core. I have classes for
The graphics system itself
A stationary image (= no animation)
A font
Now I want to create a class that can load and store one animation. The only problem I have is, how are animations done? I have seen animation sheets; sort of tilesets and each tile is a frame in the animation, but why wouldn't I use .gifs?
My question:
What's the best or most common way to include animations in your project?
-Stenny
You could flip through a group of textures, or you could load one texture sheet with all the images on it and just display the current section. I would use one texture with all the images of the animation on it and just draw a section of it. It'll keep directx from setting a different texture a lot. But I guess it's 2D and I doubt you'll notice a huge slow down or anything.
You probably won't want to use gifs. DDS files are probably a better choice, but some people like TGA, PNG, BMP; directx can handle any of them...
If you need an easy way to make DDS files, directx come with a texture utility program that will convert just about anything, or if you have photoshop nvidia has a nice plugin for DDS files.
You probably won't want to use gifs. DDS files are probably a better choice, but some people like TGA, PNG, BMP; directx can handle any of them...
If you need an easy way to make DDS files, directx come with a texture utility program that will convert just about anything, or if you have photoshop nvidia has a nice plugin for DDS files.
Author
Ok, thanks. Well, .gif was just an example. I was just wondering which of the options (animated file, or a stationary file) was faster and/or easier to use.
-Stenny
-Stenny
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