sprite_add_gif for GameMaker
A downloadable extension
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Supported platforms: All (see notes below)
Supported versions: GameMaker Studio≥2.3
This extension allows you to load animated GIFs as sprites into your GameMaker games!
It is based on Haxe "format" library implementation contributed by Yanrishatum.
- sprite_add_gif(path, xorigin, yorigin, ?delays_array)➜sprite
Equivalent of sprite_add. Path should point to a valid GIF file.
Ifdelays_arrayis provided (optional), per-frame delays (in centiseconds) will be pushed to it, allowing for accurate playback (see demo project). - sprite_add_gif_buffer(buffer, xorigin, yorigin, ?delays_array)➜sprite
Same as above, but takes a buffer with GIF file inside.
GameMaker Studio 2.3 and GM2022+
Import the GifHx script into your GMS≥2.3 project.
GameMaker: Studio and GameMaker Studio 2.2.x
Instructions
- As a pure-GML extension, it isn't super fast.
Doing LZW decompression in GML hurts! (though slightly better with YYC).
It may be possible to optimize the code a little.
For GIFs with a lot of frames, you'll want to use the "frame sprites" option. - Note that the example project is mostly intended for Windows because GM doesn't implement file dialogs on other platforms.
The default sample GIF will still load though!
Download
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Development log
- Performance optionsJun 07, 2024
- GMS1 versionMay 08, 2023
Comments
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for some gifs theres quite a big freeze for a bit while loading the gifs, is there any possible way to have it load while not freezing the game, and just take a second to show up or is the game freezing the only option? thank you!
If someone paid me, I think I could make the extension load one frame at a time, which would then let you load the GIF bit-by-bit instead of all at once.
If you know Haxe, you can try doing that yourself (see source code) - gotta split up the GifReader.read and Gif.read methods.
I'm willing to pay. How much?
$50 or so
sounds good, can I pay you through itch.io or some other method?
Itch works, or there’s a PayPal on my hotmail contact address.
I haven't started building my games yet. But this seems like a must-have. Thanks.
It might be perfect for an animated logo after the splash screen, if hopefully works on android build. I will try it sometime in the future when the game is almost finished
If a logo is pre-determined, you could very well add it as an actual sprite and assign it into a separate texture group so that it doesn't take up any space used by in-game imagery.
The extension should work fine on Android though.
Thank you for replying!
I've already implemented on previous project the logo as you described. I am just looking for a neater way to do it.