Be Recursive

Thought I’d post a quick entry on how to restore your Windows XP theme if it goes awry. I recently just fixed my sister’s computer by removing a ton of Malware and Viruses from it, and after I was done the Windows XP theme changed to the classic theme. I went to change it back in Window’s Display Properties, but to my chargrin it wasn’t even listed as an option! So after much tinkering around and comparing of her PC to laptop, I realized the theme must be corrupted.

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You may want to start from my previous article on Keyboard Movement

If you begin from my previous article then you should already have a decent template for what we’re about to create, which is auto-movement! We’ve all played games such as Final Fantasy or Pokemon that have sprites that walk around say, in a circle, or back and forth along a path. Of course, they don’t just glide around, they walk like you do when you move. Therefore, in order to create a non-playable character (NPC) that uses the same animation method we do, lets add the ability to create an auto-moving character.

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You may want to start from my previous article, Sprite Sheet Basics before beginning here!

Previously we explored the basics of animating a sprite sheet in XNA, but we only allowed the Sprite Sheet to do literally that, animate. Here we will begin to put our new skills into use by allowing our user to move our sprites in one of four directions (North, South, East, West).

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