Here is the list of all animations that shows up in WS4GL (version 0.51+). These animations will automatically show in the WS4GL Animations menu.
If you want to create your own, here's how to do it...
Create the animation using several PNG files. GIMP is a good tool for that as you can use the layers to line up your images.
Once all your images are created, put your PNG files into a folder.
Add a new folder called META-INF in that folder.
In the META-INF folder, create a text file named MANIFEST.MF
The content of the MANIFEST.MF will tell WS4GL what to do with your images
Then zip that folder (Zip format) and rename the extention of that file to "anm"
The MANIFEST.MF file content:
Manifest-Version: 1.1 Created-By: Patrick Balleux Comment: Rainy day Speed: 100 Playlist1: img001.png,img002.png,img003.png,img004.png,img005.png Playlist2: img001.png,img002.png,img003.png,img006.png,img007.png Playlist3: img001.png,img002.png,img003.png,img006.png,img007.png Playlist4: img001.png,img002.png,img003.png,img006.png,img007.png Playlist5: img001.png,img002.png,img003.png,img006.png,img007.png
The file has to be in that format so WS4GL will recognize it.
Created-By: Your Name goes here
Comment: This is a description of the animation
Speed: How much millisecond will be used for each image. 100 = 10 frames/sec
PlaylistX: A playlist tells the Animator the sequence of your images. You can have 1 playlist or several of them. Make sure that your playlist a properly name and sequential if you have more than one. For example: Playlist1,Playlist2, etc... When you have more than one playlist, the Animator will randomly select one of the playlists available.
Why have more than one playlist? It gives your the opportunity to create a random effect in your animation. For example, in the Rain animation, there is some lightning showing from time to time. To avoid the effect of looping in that animation, some playlist have the lightning frames and others don't. The result is random lightning showing from time to time.
If you have created an animation and want to share it with the world. Simply send it to me and I'll make it available here or from your own website.
