Certain Frame Animations with JSON Array

[Heppell08]

Pretty much the title. I have a 5 frame character and i want to use 3 frames for walking, 1 frame for jumping and another for dying. 

I also need to know how to reverse the image so left faces left and right faces right. I almost posted on how to use JSON but figured it out. 

Just need help with reversing an image and using certain frames of an image.

Thanks in advance

[m4uro]

To flip the sprites, reverse the sign of the scale property:
sprite.scale.x *= -1; //flip horizontally
sprite.scale.y *= -1; //flip vertically
Remember to set the anchor properly, generally:
sprite.anchor.setTo(0.5, 0.5); //so the texture of the sprite is centered

[Heppell08]

To flip the sprites, reverse the sign of the scale property:

sprite.scale.x *= -1; //flip horizontally

sprite.scale.y *= -1; //flip vertically

Remember to set the anchor properly, generally:

sprite.anchor.setTo(0.5, 0.5); //so the texture of the sprite is centered

 

So if i have for example my character walking to the left, i would have it as

function update() {         if(cursors.left.isDown)	{		player.body.velocity.x = -150;                sprite.scale.x *= -1;		player.animations.play('left');	}}

Like that to use it?

 

Also is there a specific way to use a specific frame at a specific time 

 

EG: player dies, play death animation but from JSON array instead. Dont know if its possible but worth asking i suppose if someone knows. 

 

Thanks for the scale tip

[jpdev]

If you use it like that, you sprite will constantly flip while the left key is pressed.

 

Because every update method "sprite.scale.x *= -1;" will change the direction again and again - so you only do it  when you press the key first.

 

if (sprite.scale.x > 0) { sprite.scale.x *= -1;}

 

And if you press the right-curosr-key, you have to flip it back to be a positive number.

 

If you do not scale your sprite, you could skip the check and just set it to "-1" for left, and "1" for walking right. (instead of changing the sign only.)

 

Also you might not want to have an animation named "left" because you can use the same walk animation for left and right (because you flip the sprite).

[XekeDeath]

sprite.frameName can be used to set a single frame by name rather than index.

[Heppell08]

So where would the frame name and the JSON be linked though. Like in relation to the amount of images being used in the spritesheet. I used TexturePacker to create the sheet and JSON. Its only 5 frames and 3 are for walking. 1 jumping and 1 dead. I don't see where the JSON and frame names come in.

[XekeDeath]

Generally, it would generate the frame name from the file name.