Animation Loop throwing an error

[bmorrise (Benjamin Morrise)]

Solution: I figured it out. I needed to add the following to the top of the file

CoreLibs/animation

I'm trying to create an animation and I'm able to get the image table to work, but when I try to use an animation loop, I see this exception:

main.lua:129: attempt to index a nil value (field 'animation')

Here is the source for what I'm trying to do:

local imagetable = gfx.imagetable.new('Images/ship')
assert(imagetable, error)
	
-- This works great!
imagetable:getImage(1):draw(100, 100)
	
-- This throws the above error
local animation = gfx.animation.loop.new(200, imagetable)

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong here? Thanks!

[Whitebrim (Denisov Yaroslav)]

When you'll get tired from build-in animation solution, please take a look at my AnimatedSprite class:

Animated Sprite helpful class

I wrote sprite class extension that supports imagetables, animation, finite state machine and json config. I'm open to feedback and suggestions. If during usage you feel that some function is lacking or you found bugs, then please write to me. [playdate-20211013-052753] [playdate-20210917-005352] Discord: Whitebrim#1111 Telegram: https://tg.brim.ml

[edenwaith (Chad Armstrong)]

Three years later, this solution saved me from ripping out more hair. This was the exact issue I was encountering with animation loops and crashes. I'm surprised that the project even compiles if something as important as a a library hasn't been included.