Game animation...

Question

I'm kinda new to java, but not new to programming...
I want to get a particular character to walk or do anything, meaning i want to use several images for a characters actions, im thinking of gif files, as they are the closest to small image files. And be able to control the flow of animation...
I was hoping for a little code, something small to see how it can be done...
Any help is appreciated thank you...

Answer 1

im 15 years old this will work:
// load the images
Toolkit tk = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
Image image = tk.getImage("C:/Some Place/image.gif");
//you can do animation in two ways: reg. or in a thread.
public void animation() {
imageX_AXIS += 5; // move the image 5 frames to the right
Field(); // call a method that draws the aniamtion
public void Field() {
Container content = this.getContentPane();
Graphics g = content.getGraphics();
offscreen = createImage(getSize().width, getSize().height);
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)offscreen.getGraphics();
int width = content.getWidth();
int height = content.getHeight();
g2.setColor(Color.black);
g2.fillRect(0, 0, width, height);
g2.drawImage(image, imageX_AXIS, imageY_AXIS, this);}
g.drawImage(offscreen, 0, 0, this);
// What i did in the Field() is draw the to the screen using double buffering, it repaints the screen with the new corrernates of the image.
For up down and stuff just add varables that keep track of the images
Y AXIS and X ASIX.
ps: if you want to, im working on a bomberman project, anyone that wants to help email me at [email protected]
peace out!!