Ok, I have an issue here. One of my sprites is a bone animated sprite.
This presently means that it has seperate sprites for each limb. The Sprites move simultaneously.
This is giving me an FPS of around 20, which is bad, seeing as how my game will have up to 4 players, and most enemies will be bone animated.
But however, when I use single sprite animation, the FPS is DRAMATICALLY boosted.
This game has a lot of customization.
However, using bone animation, I don't have to create thousands of sprites and states, and each limb and body part is interchangable, AKA clothes, shoes, gloves, hair, armor, that kind of stuff.
It also allows me to make attacks specific. If the player wears a helmet and gets hit in the head, no damage is taken, but if the player lacks a helmet and wears full armor, any attack to the head does twice damage.
Using single sprite animation, I have to create dozens upon dozens of sprites. This dramatically delays the time and makes it harder to complete the game creation process.
Plus, I can't do any of the functions above.
But the FPS is faster...
I'm not sure yet, I might post a video here comparing both animations and showing the FPS associated with both.
Which method for animation should I use for a customization game AKA change Boots, Armor, Helmet
