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sprite array problem with initialization

I have a problem with my Sprites. I'm trying to create a lot of Sprites. However, I got a problem in that I have several grass tiles and I don't want to do this grass1 = new Sprite...; grass2 = new ...
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How to unbind a sprite in an updating vector? LIBGDX framework [closed]

How to unbind an updating vector to a sprite? I am using Libgdx framework. here is my code public class VectorSample extends GDX_TEST implements InputProcessor { Texture ball,bullet,guider; ...
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How would you program sprite movement in a 2-D ariel view rpg game?

I'm relatively new to programming and I have recently programmed an RPG game in java. Any tips on character movement with animations? I would like it to be similar to those of other rpg games such as ...
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Managing sprite sheets for animation [closed]

I am trying to use a sprite sheet for animation but I'm having some trouble with my implementation. The three key things that I require my code to do are: Play through a set of images once, for ...
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java app goes too slow in android os [closed]

The problem is that my java app contains too many animated sprites and it runs very slowly on android system. Does the usage of .gif animation instead of sprite animation will improve the speed? I ...
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libGDX using Stage and Actor produces different camera angles on desktop and Android Phone

libGDX using Stage and Actor produces different camera angles on desktop and Android Phone. Here are pictures demonstrating the problem: http://brandonyuh.minus.com/mFpdTSgN17VUq On the desktop ...
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setPosition of Sprite onUpdate in AndEngine

I am trying to get a "highlighter" circle to follow around a sprite, but I am having trouble, I thought I could use the onUpdate method that's available to me in SequenceEntityModifier but it's not ...
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How to Handle frame rates and synchronizing screen repaints

I would first off say sorry if the title is worded incorrectly. Okay now let me give the scenario I'm creating a 2 player fighting game, An average battle will include a Map (moving/still) and 2 ...
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Sprite batching in OpenGL

I've got a JAVA based game with an OpenGL rendering front that is drawing a large amount of sprites every frame (during testing it peaked at 700). Now this game is completely unoptimized. There is no ...
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How do you set the movement speed of a sprite?

I'm using Slick 2D/Java to play around with graphics. Getting an image to move is easy: Input input = gc.getInput(); if(input.isKeyDown(sprite.up)){ sprite.y--; }else if ...
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rotate sprite and shooting bullets from the end of a cannon [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to Align Gun with Bullets Hi all i have a problem in my Andengine code, I need , when I touch the screen, shoot a bullet from the cannon (in the same direction of ...
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How to I get a rotated sprite to move left or right?

Using Java/Slick 2D, I'm using the mouse to rotate a sprite on the screen and the directional keys (in this case, WASD) to move the spite. Forwards and backwards is easy, just position += ...
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Can't get sprite to rotate correctly? [closed]

I'm attempting to play with graphics using Java/Slick 2d. I'm trying to get my sprite to rotate to wherever the mouse is on the screen and then move accordingly. I figured the best way to do this was ...
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Move sprite in the direction it is facing?

I'm using Java/Slick 2D. I'm trying to use the mouse to rotate the sprite and the arrow keys to move the sprite. I can get the sprite to rotate no problem, but I cannot get it to move in the direction ...
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How can I create a spritesheet animation with big images?

If I have a 200x200 pixel sprite, and I want to create an animation for it with 30 different frames, how can I accomplish that? I can't put them on one texture/spritesheet.
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Best practice to use Sprites in a game using AndEngine GLES2

Currently I am having static reference to all my sprites and loading and initializing them in my OnCreateResource mthod of SimpleBaseGameActivity, But now I have to override onAreaTouched listener on ...
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how to double buffer in multiple classes with java

I am creating a Java 2D video game. I can load graphics just fine, but when it gets into double buffering I have issues. If i run this code, nothing is displayed except for the string("hello"); but ...
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Effectively implementing a game view using java

I am writing a 2d game in java. The game mechanics are similar to the Pokémon game boy advance series e.g. fire red, ruby, diamond and so on. I need a way to draw a huge map maybe 5000 by 5000 pixels ...
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Android Game Development problem with Speed = Distance / Time

I have been coding speed for an object. I have made it so the object will move from one end of the screen to another at a speed depending on the screen size, at the monemt I have made it so it will ...
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Where to begin? [closed]

I'd like to start designing and creating games in either C or Java (as these are the primary languages I know). Is there a good book or online guide on where to begin development with these languages? ...
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2D RPG - Character sprite size bigger than tile size

Ok so I'm trying to make a nice little RPG game in Java & Slick2D engine, the tiles are 16x16, so the collision array is also 16x16, how ever my character sprite is 16x20 What would be the best ...
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CCSpriteFrameCache: Frame '%s' not found

I have just started using the Cocos2D library for Android. I am trying to make a walking bear animation. For that I am using a CCSpriteFrameCache, but I'm getting a "frame not found" error in the ...
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How do I move a sprite around using tile based movement in Java?

So, I'm new to Java and I want to get a sprite to move around the screen, like a tile-based movement. I really would like some help and some resources or tutorials could work. I've done a little C#, ...
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How to spawn a character at certain point and walk to a set point

I am making a game where I have a background image of a neighborhood. Each location has a different number of customers that are generated to walk on sidewalks. They all walk to a specific location ...
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Horizontal wrapping with AndEngine

How would one implement the effect of a sprite disappearing on one side of the screen and appearing on the other using AndEngine? Like in Kid Icarus, seen here at around 1:22.
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How to move a 2d sprite to a target location while avoiding obstacles?

How can I get a 2d sprite to move to a position clicked on the screen, without bumping into other objects? I'm programming in java using the android API library I have created a surface view and ...
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How can I change this isometric engine to make it so that you could distinguish between blocks that are on different planes? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Can you shade a specific section of a sprite? If so, how? The terrain is randomly generated. Here is a screenshot: http://i44.tinypic.com/qxqlix.jpg I think you can see ...
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What is causing these visual artifacts on my OpenGL sprites?

What could be the cause of the defects in my characters sprite? I am using OpenGL ES 2.0. I draw my sprites in a sprite batch that uses UV coordinates from one large texture atlas. If you look around ...
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How to coordinate sprites, player's position and collisions in a Bomberman-like 2D game?

I'm programming a Bomberman in Java (my first game) and I'm having problems with the player's sprites and position in the map. I'm using a 2D integer array to represent: Unbreakable blocks ...
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Sprites as Actors

I'm not experienced in Game Development questions, but as a programmer. In the language Scala, you can have scalable multi-tasking with Actors, very stable, as I hear. You can even have hundreds of ...
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J2ME character animation with multiple sprite sheets

I'm working on a J2ME game and I want to have walking animations. Each direction of walking has a separate sprite sheet (i.e. one for walking up, one for walking right etc), I also have a static ...
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Managing animations

I'm developing a 2d game that requires sprite based animations. I was thinking about which is the most convenient way to manage many of these sprites all together with timings. I already know how ...
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Need some advice on a java api to use for a 'presentation display board' - based on game 2d/3d tech

As part of the project i am working on I am looking to produce some software that works on a LCD display (think call center info boards) and displays various graphs (the bars grow etc in realtime, so ...