Question

I am building a simple game with a few animations and I am having a problem with a loop extended from starling.

My code uses sprite sheets and texture atlas to fetch the animation sprites but when I add

anim.loop = false 

the animation doesn’t play at all. My code looks like:

anim = new MovieClip(Assets.getAtlasDuck().getTextures("duck_"), 20);
anim.loop = false;
starling.core.Starling.juggler.add(anim);
this.addChild(anim);

if I remove the loop the animation plays but loops. If I add:

anim.addEventListener(starling.events.Event.COMPLETE, duckComplete);

the animation doesn’t play. the duckComplete function just removes the animation from the juggler.

I want the animation to play once and then stop. Even adding:

anim.play();

doesn’t play the animation with the event listener or the loop = false.

Thanks

Answer 1

After adding the MovieClip with a loop property set to false to the Juggler you have to control the clip manually using these MovieClip functions:

anim.play();
anim.pause();
anim.stop();

Starling Documentation