It's as MRMIdAS said; a combination of ActiveAnimX and ActiveAnimY has to be used. ActiveAnimZ doesn't exist and ActiveAnimZAdjust is used for changing the order of animations (an animation with ActiveAnimZAdjust=-32 will be displayed on top of an animation with ActiveAnimZAdjust=-20 for example). _________________ QUICK_EDIT
Mukin Fudge! without the option of sliding it on a Z Axis I cant get the desired placement. WestWood screwed me again
The problem is, this is a super structure. Everything is a frickin anim, even the building, 10 in all not counting the damage ones.. Damn Layer= ground,air,top, x=this,y=that, fudge here, fudge there, up, down, turn around, ARRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! QUICK_EDIT
You really should be able to get any anim in its proper position by just using a combination of the X and Y axis.
That aside however, it's much easier if you make the canvas of the SHP of the building and all its anims the same size and then put the building itself and its anims in exactly the right place within those canvases from the start (his is also how I always do it myself; it saves a lot of effort). _________________ QUICK_EDIT
Well as you can see here, I almost got the fan structure in place, but the two red glowing lights with the remap bar just wont go into place. and without the use of z axis, it's not gonna be possible.
Anyway, yeah I do mine that same way, but for some reason it's not working out that way on this one. I may have to put the fan and lights all in one anim to get this working correctly. I'm about to just say the hell with this thing.
What are you talking about, Zaxis? Its a 2D game, everything is X and Y except for the layers (which is what the Z adjust is for). X and Y adjustment allow for pixel perfect positioning as I recall last time I played with them. Where exactly do you want the anims? You should have done as suggested above and rendered them all where they should be in the same sized image. QUICK_EDIT
Well in that its 2D, has only and X an Y axis., and if you imagine a drawing as a "map" pixel by pixel framework, you get a grid.
Hence your coordinates are their somewhere, you just got to get the right x and y coordinates - there is no up or down, it's all 1 image.
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It would all be simpler if you just rendered the animation in right position to begin with for the shp and then used ZAdjust the needed amount to bring it infront of the building. Else you have to use both X and Y, there is no other way.
In cases of anims being too close to each other and overlap being unavoidable, will have to merge some anims. QUICK_EDIT
Eric, for one thats just totally idiotic, for two, I've forgotten more about this game than you'll ever know so stfu!
Anyway, the problem wasnt the x,y coordinates. The problem was do to Layer=. As I mentioned this is a totally animated structure. So with the main building using Layer=ground and the two upper anims which I was trying to "get into place" both using Layer=top, one was always overriding the other. My main problem was trying to get the red remap bar partially hidden inside the main structure which wasnt possible with layer=top. and layer=bottom would override the main structure image. So a long story short, I had to remove the red remap bar from the lights and add it to the main building stucture anim. Everything is well now.
And thanks for the ass chewing QUICK_EDIT
Being idiotic every once and a while is fun and healthy. And who doesn't love Etch a Sketch?!?
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Need help with ActiveAnim
Eric, for one thats just totally idiotic, for two, I've forgotten more about this game than you'll ever know so stfu!
