Flipping sprite animation for moving other direction.

[FarzanZand]

Hi there!
Figured I would ask for support here instead of the unity forum, just incase someone with the same problem might do a search for flipping. My searches did give some hits, but none that I could personally use because they were above my level.

I have an animation of a sprite for when he walks to the right. What I want is for it to be flipped when I walk to the left, but I can't seem to get it to work. I tried flipX and other recommendations but I am doing them completely wrong since they won't work. Could you explain to me how to flip them for when I do something in reverse direction and then add the line/lines in my code as it should be? I learn best by seeing how it is done and copying it. I have added my code as far as I have gotten here below. I have also tried adding sprite.scale but I must be missing something.

I understand that I can scale the x to -1, but I can't reach it by code. This line doesn't work. gameObject.sprite.scale = new Vector3(-1,gameObject.transform.position.y, 0);

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using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class Animations : MonoBehaviour {

//private bool walking = false;

private tk2dSpriteAnimator anim;
// Use this for initialization
void Start () {
anim = GetComponent<tk2dSpriteAnimator>();
}


//Go back to idle when nothing is pressed.
    void HitCompleteDelegate(tk2dSpriteAnimator sprite, tk2dSpriteAnimationClip clip)
{
anim.Play ("idle");
}

// Update is called once per frame
void Update () {

if (Input.GetKey(KeyCode.D))
{
anim.Play("walk");
anim.AnimationCompleted = HitCompleteDelegate;
}

if (Input.GetKey (KeyCode.A))
{
anim.Play("walk"); //I want the sprite play walk flipped. I tried adding sprite.scale *= (-1,1,1); here, but did not work.
anim.AnimationCompleted = HitCompleteDelegate;
}
}
}



Best regards,

Farzan Zand

[FarzanZand]

I have tried everything I can think of to flip the sprite. Just tried.


private tk2dBaseSprite xFlip;
xFlip = GetComponent<tk2dBaseSprite>();

xFlip.FlipX(); 

This did not work either.

[unikronsoftware]

What are you attaching the script to?

[FarzanZand]

To the playerobject, that holds the sprite for the player I am controlling.

I created a sprite with animator, and added the sprite animations that I have created to it, and the animationscript I am using which is attached above.

[gary-unikronsoftware]

Hi,

You were nearly right with your first attempt - the line

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anim.Sprite.scale = new Vector3(-1, 1, 1);
before the play line should reverse the sprite.  Alternatively

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anim.Sprite.FlipX = true;
should also work - note that FlipX is a property, not a function.

Hope this helps.

[FarzanZand]

Thank you!!!
It works perfectly now! Oh this is such a relief, and such a silly mistake to be stuck on for five hours.

You just made my day.