Changing properties in 2D sprite animation causes them to be inherited

ACTION GAME MAKER Questions
1

When adding a property track to change the display in 2D sprite animation, the changes persist even after switching to another animation.

For example, if you want to make the sprite semi-transparent only while walking, you can achieve this by setting the walking motion to semi-transparent using Modulate. However, the motion when standing still afterward also becomes semi-transparent. Is there a way to initialize or specify the property at the end of the animation? Thank you.

2

The simplest approach is to reset Modulate at the beginning of the idle animation.
If it’s not a looping animation, resetting it at the end of the animation also seems like a good option.

3

Ah, so that’s the specification after all. It feels a bit unnatural to set all parameters for every animation that might transition, but I’ll give it a try. Thank you.

4

It might feel a bit unusual at first.
However, there are also benefits such as:

  • You can maintain transparency, allowing for stealth mechanics where the character remains invisible until taking damage.
  • Since sprite information is preserved when switching, you can implement weapon appearance changes simply by creating weapon-switching animations.
  • You can modify variables within animations and have those changes persist.

Once you get used to it, you might be able to do some interesting things…!