Animation Manager

System Summary

Descriptive summary of what the system is and what it does.

A global script that handles updating the currently placed entities' animations based on what is in the user's folder.

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Connected Systems

List of connecting/parent/subsystems.

Connecting Systems:

• Asset Manager
• Animation Swapping

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Bugs

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• When large animations are input, the project lags while updating the entities

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Feature List / Breakdown of Features

List of features and descriptions within system.

Animation Swapping:

• Updates entities to have their animations based on the animations within the user's assets folder

Animation Defaults:

• If there is no animation in the user's folder, default images are used

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Important Variables

Name the most important variables, their type, and what their purpose is

• allAnimatedSprites : Array[Array] = An array of references to arrays of references to each entity types' animated sprites within the project.

Important Functions

Name of the most important functions, their parameters, and what they do.

• func replace_animation_by_name(animatedSprite : AnimatedSprite2D, animationName : String) -> void: Replaces the animation frames of the specified animated sprite's animation with the specified name. The frames are replaced by those within the user's assets folder
• func get_default_animation_by_name(animationName : String) -> Array[Image]: Retrieves the default animation with the specified name.

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Future Work / Risks

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Future Work:

1. Make the FPS of the assets changeable

Risks:

• The current method of updating animations can lead to long load times

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Miscellaneous Notes

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