Flipped animation not exporting

wickedkae

So I am using the flip check box to flip a walking animation on the X axis and for some reason when I go to export it, the animation remains facing in the original direction. The animation works perfectly flipped, but refuses to actually remain flipped in the export file. I am exporting to Game Maker if that matters. The animation and everything runs perfect, it just wont flip.

Is there anyway to fix this?

wickedkae

SunWuKong

wickedkae wrote
So I am using the flip check box to flip a walking animation on the X axis and for some reason when I go to export it, the animation remains facing in the original direction. The animation works perfectly flipped, but refuses to actually remain flipped in the export file. I am exporting to Game Maker if that matters. The animation and everything runs perfect, it just wont flip.

Is there anyway to fix this?

Hey man - are you negative scaling the root bone or using that little flip doohicky in the corner? If you scale the root (or base) bone -1 and export I'm pretty sure it works in Gamemaker but if you use that little button that is made to LOOK like it should work in Gamemaker... it doesn't (at least that I recall) HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

-Tim

wickedkae

First of all thanks a ton, your explanation was well presented there.

Ok wow so I added the negative in the scale like you show and it made the character in spine look at weird and reversed, but looks normal in Game Maker and is flipped. So weird. I really don't understand why that worked, but it did. Thanks again.

SunWuKong

wickedkae wrote
First of all thanks a ton, your explanation was well presented there.

Ok wow so I added the negative in the scale like you show and it made the character in spine look at weird and reversed, but looks normal in Game Maker and is flipped. So weird. I really don't understand why that worked, but it did. Thanks again.

Yep, glad to help.

The -1 X-axis thing is an oldie but goodie from 3D render as far back as can recall. Good deal and happy to hear it worked out!

-Tim

Nate

In guessing GM doesn't yet support flipping individual bones. It also seems GM doesn't implement scale quite like Spine.

SunWuKong

Nate wrote
In guessing GM doesn't yet support flipping individual bones. It also seems GM doesn't implement scale quite like Spine.

Interesting.

Hey Nate.. are you saying that Gamemaker or Spine is acting as you expected with the negative scaling?

It's not pressing, I'm just curious. In other words - when you do a negative scale in Spine I'm guessing you expect weirdness and that same weirdness to show up in Gamemaker? I used negative scale a few times in Spine and it seemed to work as I expected in Gamemaker.

-Tim