Changing players shadow image

[callimuc]

Hey there. I got one quick question. First off: I wasn´t sure if I should place it here or in the Scripting Forums

How can I change the shadows image of the player?
I know there is the setspritesimage() command but what I want is something like this:
As example I want to remake the walk.gani and add a shadow of the player which got 4 directions, it should also change in the gani (so far so good, just by removing the shadow and placing my shadow images). But how can I make it when I change the players.z that the shadow image will stay down? So my new 4 images will get counted as the default shadow. Or would that need to be scripted like:

PHP Code:

findimg(index).rotation = 6.25 / player.dir; //think 6.25 is a 360° turn. 


[ffcmike]

This isn't possible to do the simple way because only sprite index 0 will stay in position once Z is adjusted.
It would be somewhat of a hack but you could try having 4 different ganis for each direction.

[callimuc]

Ok thanks. So it should look like this:

PHP Code:

setani("ganiname_"@player.dir, NULL) 


(thought because it would save space unlike using

PHP Code:

if (player.dir = 0) {
if (player.dir = 1) {
//... 


Or what about using showimg() for each direction? What would be best?

[ffcmike]

Originally Posted by callimuc

Ok thanks. So it should look like this:

PHP Code:

setani("ganiname_"@player.dir, NULL) 


(thought because it would save space unlike using

PHP Code:

if (player.dir = 0) {
if (player.dir = 1) {
//... 


Or what about using showimg() for each direction? What would be best?

Using showimg() would probably be more convenient, but using separate ganis would be more efficient.

[callimuc]

Ok thanks