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Sprite sheet

A sprite sheet played as an animation.

Kind
Layer · Backgrounds
Script name
sprite
Cost to draw
Moderate
Reacts to
sound
The Sprite sheet layer with its default settings
The Sprite sheet layer with its default settings.

Sprite sheet

SettingKindStarts atRange and notes
Picturesourceimage filenone–
Columnscolumnswhole number41 to 64
Rowsrowswhole number41 to 64
Framesframeswhole number00 to 40960 plays every cell
Frames a secondfpsnumber120.5 to 60
PlaysmodechoiceRound and roundRound and round, Back and forth, Once, A frame a beat
Blend between framessmoothingon or offoff–
Crisp pixelscrispon or offoffFor pixel art
FitfitchoiceWholeWhole, Fill, Stretch

From a script

Every setting above can be changed by the scene's logic, by its key. Say the layer is called Sprite sheet:

scene.set("Sprite sheet", "fps", 60);scene.animate("Sprite sheet", "opacity", 0.5, 2);
What every layer has

Besides its own settings, every layer has its opacity, blend, placement, quick effects and an effects stack. They're listed once, on the layers page.