(Solved) Cannot play animation in Orthello outside start()

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1

The animation (mySprite) does not play in the update function or it’s calls. It only plays inside the start function.

a) mySprite is shown as ‘OTAnimatingSprite’ object in all functions, performed Debug.log(mySprite).
b) It’s memory intensive, but still tried moving

mySprite = this.GetComponent<OTAnimatingSprite>();

inside the other function in which I do

mySprite.Play("runRight");

This does not work.

My Code:

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class Player : MonoBehaviour {
	public OTAnimatingSprite mySprite;

	public static bool isLeft;
	public static bool isRight;
	public static bool isUp;
	public static bool isDown;
	/* ============================== CONTROLS ============================== */
	
	// Use this for initialization
	void Start () 
	{
		mySprite = this.GetComponent<OTAnimatingSprite>();
		Debug.Log("Player Script Started: " + mySprite);
		mySprite.Play("runRight");
	}
	
	private void updatePlayerMovement() {
		//moveRight();
		//moveLeft();
		
		//moveUp();
		this.moveRight();
	}
	
	private void moveUp() {
		this.transform.Translate(Vector3.up * Time.deltaTime*30, Space.World);
	}
	private void moveDown() {
		this.transform.Translate(Vector3.down * Time.deltaTime*30, Space.World);
	}
	private void moveLeft() {
		this.transform.Translate(Vector3.left * Time.deltaTime*30, Space.World);
	}
	private void moveRight() {
		this.transform.Translate(Vector3.right * Time.deltaTime*30, Space.World);
	}
	public void Update () {
		
		// these are false unless one of keys is pressed
		isLeft = false;
		isRight = false;
		isUp = false;
		isDown = false;

		// keyboard input
		if(Input.GetKey(KeyCode.A) || Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftArrow)) 
		{ 
			isLeft = true; 
			Debug.Log("Left: " + mySprite);
		}
		if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.D) || Input.GetKey(KeyCode.RightArrow)) 
		{ 
			isRight = true; 
			Debug.Log("Right!");
		}

		if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.W) || Input.GetKey(KeyCode.UpArrow)) 
		{ 
			isUp = true;
			Debug.Log("Up");
		}
		if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.S) || Input.GetKey(KeyCode.DownArrow)) 
		{ 
			isDown = true; 
			Debug.Log("Down!");
		}
		updatePlayerMovement();
	}
}
2

Would be a good thing to provide us with the exact code that does not work because I do not see any mySprite.Play(…) in the Update() function.

however …

Asuming that the code that does not work in the Update would look a bit like :

if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.D) || Input.GetKey(KeyCode.RightArrow)) 
           { 
             isRight = true; 
             mySprite.Play("runRight")
           }

I can confirm that this will not work because by calling mySprite.Play you are restarting the animation, each update cycle, while your D or rightArrow key is pressed.

Better would be something like

    if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.D) || Input.GetKey(KeyCode.RightArrow)) 
               { 
                 isRight = true;
                 if (mySprite.animationFrameset!="runRight") 
                     mySprite.Play("runRight")
               }