Create one big object out of several small ones

[Bogeyman]

Hi there,

does anyone have an idea how to create a robot like the following?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1EqF5kWz6Q

It seems to like the robot is made out of several small sprites (arms an legs). How yould I do something like that?

[Popcorn]

I don't know how this particular robot is made.
If the robot will be intact all the way, it could just as well be an animation.
If it is indeed made up of parts, this is done through code that sets the objects relative to each others. Then the main object that controls the movement is probably a large hidden object. Then each part has it's animation or seperately changes angle according to the robot's walking cycle.

To get a basic idea of how to construct a character with differents body parts, you could take a look at the Bodypart-tutorial on the tutorial page, though it is not exactly what you are looking for.

[Bogeyman]

Mmh, let's say this robot is made up of several parts. How would i do this?

[Popcorn]

Read above post

I remember Sphax was working on a skeleton object ages ago, which I believe would allow you to set up a body movement, and then attach active objects to the different parts. I think that project was abandoned though.

[oasuke]

Pretty much what popcorn said about playing with angles/sin functions.

Here's an example showing the robot moving like in contra.
(Didn't explain anything since it depends on how you want it to move, but you'll need to experiment with angles and sin/cos functions alot)

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[Bogeyman]

Wow, that's a pretty good example. Thank you