Animating each part of the group

[toastedbrains]

Hello, just new to phaser and i was looking at the examples on the phaser site.

 

i want to do something like this :

 

i have a character and he can be upgraded.

 

for example, the character has a pistol for weapon initially. but then he can have a rifle later on. or his head does not have helmet but he can have later on.

 

i'm thinking i can have different spritesheets for each part of the character.

 

one spritesheet for the head,  one for body, for weapon, etc.

 

and then combine them all into one main sprite.

 

i saw on the example this : http://phaser.io/examples/v2/groups/group-transform

 

it looks a bit like what i want to do but not quite.  mainly, i want each part to contain its own animation.. like maybe the head, it's eyes is moving.

 

and also.  how to animate that robot. like,  if i press the arrow, it will look like it is walking..

 

not sure if i epxlained it right so you can go ahead and ask me questions.

 

looking forward to your help.

 

 

tldr : how can i do this - i have a character that can change his appearance..mainly, he can have diff. weapon or headgear, or even clothes.. if you played ragnarok online, i think you know what i mean. 

 

thanks!

[Outrider]

Many questions Lets break it down.

 

1. Adding and Removing Equipment.

 

You can have a sprite added as a child onto another sprite so it looks like its being added on. I prefer this to the spritesheet method and swapping out styles, but that's just me.

 

//To start you make the sprite like so.

this.sprite = this.game.add.sprite(x,y, 'GUNZERKER');

 

//Add a Child

this.rifle = this.game.add.sprite(x, y, 'quadrupleRifle');

this.sprite.addChild(this.rifle);

 

//Then position as required

this.rifle.x = x;

this.rifle.y = y;

this.rifle.width = width;

this.rifle.height = height;

 

2. How to animate.

 

Rather than typing it all out, check out the standard tutorial, which can explain it better . 

//Part 1 for the beginning of it

http://phaser.io/tutorials/making-your-first-phaser-game/part1

 

//Part 4 has the bit you need, but you should go through all of it.

http://phaser.io/tutorials/making-your-first-phaser-game/part4

 

Hope that helps!

[toastedbrains]

Hey, thanks Outrider.  Going through those links now.

[toastedbrains]

Oh i think i got it already.. as i already understand how to animate an individual sprite. when adding to a group, it's just the same way.  some duh moment for me. lol 

 

can't wait to try it out later after my work.   thanks again!

[Outrider]

Glad I could help .