Need help animating!

[Unlucky4Ever]

I need this ASAP!

I need to know how to animate this...

// This program draws a pentagon with the <drawPolygon> method.
// Methods <drawPolygon> and <fillPolygon> take a Polygon object as
// parameter.  The polygon object stores a set of points.  Points can 
// be added to a Polygon object with the <addPoint> method.


import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.*;


public class Example1 extends Applet
{
	public void paint(Graphics g)
	
	{
		//road
		g.setColor(Color.gray);
		
		g.fillRect(0,620,1050,620);
		g.setColor(Color.yellow);
		g.drawLine(0,650,1050,650);
		g.setColor(Color.black);
		g.drawLine(0,675,1050,675);
	
	
	//sky
	g.setColor(Color.blue);
	g.drawRect(0,0,1050,100);
	g.fillRect(0,0,1050,100);
	g.setColor(Color.gray);
	g.fillOval(325,85,50,50);
	g.fillOval(350,75,85,70);
	g.fillOval(410,85,50,50);
	
	g.fillOval(525,45,50,50);
	g.fillOval(550,35,85,70);
	g.fillOval(610,45,50,50);
	
	g.fillOval(725,75,50,50);
	g.fillOval(750,65,85,70);
	g.fillOval(810,75,50,50);
	
	
	//sun 
	g.setColor(Color.orange); 
	g.fillOval(-30,-30,185,185);
	g.drawLine(200,20,230,45);


		//car1		
		g.setColor(Color.darkGray);
		g.fillRect(590,600,40,20);
		Polygon penta = new Polygon();
		
		g.setColor(Color.blue);
		penta.addPoint(600,540);
		penta.addPoint(940,540);
		penta.addPoint(940,540);
		penta.addPoint(980,580);
		penta.addPoint(980,620);
		penta.addPoint(620,620);
		penta.addPoint(600,600);
		penta.addPoint(600,540);
	
		g.fillPolygon(penta);
		g.setColor(Color.yellow);
		g.fillRect(600,540,30,20);

	
		//windsheild1
		Polygon wind = new Polygon();
		wind.addPoint(680,540);
		wind.addPoint(700,470);
		wind.addPoint(720,470);
		wind.addPoint(700,540);
		g.setColor(Color.lightGray);
		g.fillPolygon(wind);
		
		//wheel1
		
		g.drawPolygon(penta);
		g.setColor(Color.black);	
		penta.addPoint(680,640);
		penta.addPoint(740,480);
		penta.addPoint(740,540);
		
		//rim/tire1
		g.setColor(Color.black);
		g.fillOval(660, 580, 80, 80);
		g.setColor(Color.yellow);
		g.fillOval(670, 590, 60, 60);
		
		//rim/tire2
		g.setColor(Color.black);
		g.fillOval(880, 580, 80, 80);
		g.setColor(Color.yellow);
		g.fillOval(890, 590, 60, 60);
		
		
		
		
		
		
		//car2		
		g.setColor(Color.darkGray);
		g.fillRect(190,600,40,20);
		Polygon penta1 = new Polygon();
		
		g.setColor(Color.blue);
		penta1.addPoint(100,540);
		penta1.addPoint(440,540);
		penta1.addPoint(440,540);
		penta1.addPoint(480,580);
		penta1.addPoint(480,620);
		penta1.addPoint(120,620);
		penta1.addPoint(100,600);
		penta1.addPoint(100,540);
	
		g.fillPolygon(penta1);
		g.setColor(Color.yellow);
		g.fillRect(100,540,30,20);
		g.setColor(Color.lightGray);
		
		
		//wheel2
		
		g.drawPolygon(penta);
		g.setColor(Color.black);	
		penta.addPoint(180,640);
		penta.addPoint(240,480);
		penta.addPoint(240,540);
		
		//rim/tire2
		g.setColor(Color.black);
		g.fillOval(160, 580, 80, 80);
		g.setColor(Color.yellow);
		g.fillOval(170, 590, 60, 60);
		
		//rim/tire2
		g.setColor(Color.black);
		g.fillOval(380, 580, 80, 80);
		g.setColor(Color.yellow);
		g.fillOval(390, 590, 60, 60);

	
		
	}	
}

There is the entire code, and I want to make the cars move left off of the screen.

 

[stefanwagner]

What does it do instead?

If you need it ASAP, a reduced example, ready to compile and test and a detailed description what is wrong would improve your chances.

The keyword ASAP does the opposite.

don't visit my homepage:

http://home.arcor.de/hirnstrom/minis/index.html

 

[Unlucky4Ever]

Currently it isn't animated, I was hoping someone would animate it for me =/

When I try to animate it, just the wheels move, and they form giant lines...

And by ASAP, I meant within the next few hours.

 

[stefanwagner]

If you take a job, you can't solve, that's your problem. We aren't your hired workers, so go to rent-a-coder, if you need a solution in hours.

But let's see what we can do.

a) If you don't have a strong argument, use java.swing.JApplet instead of Applet.
b) Refactor your code. Instead of your comments, I made the code between them to methods, which looks like this:

import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class AnimationApplet extends JApplet
{
	public void paint (Graphics g)
	{
		road (g);
		sky (g);
		sun (g);
		car1 (g);
		windshield1 (g);
		wheel (g, 1);
		rimTire1car1 (g);
		rimTire2car1 (g);
		car2 (g);
		wheel (g, 2);
		rimTire1car2 (g);
		rimTire2car2 (g);
	}

	private void rimTire2car2 (Graphics g)
	{
		g.setColor (Color.black);
		g.fillOval (380, 580, 80, 80);
		g.setColor (Color.yellow);
		g.fillOval (390, 590, 60, 60);
	}

	private void rimTire1car2 (Graphics g)
	{
		g.setColor (Color.black);
		g.fillOval (160, 580, 80, 80);
		g.setColor (Color.yellow);
		g.fillOval (170, 590, 60, 60);
	}
/*and so on ... */

Now you can place similar code, like for wheel1 and wheel2 close together, to extract the sameness, and drive the differences by parameters:

	private void wheel (Graphics g, int wheel)
	{
		Polygon penta = new Polygon ();
		int x = (wheel-1) * 500;
		g.drawPolygon (penta);
		g.setColor (Color.black);
		penta.addPoint (x + 180, 640);
		penta.addPoint (x + 240, 480);
		penta.addPoint (x + 240, 540);
	}

I guess you get the point and may modify your code accordingly, which leads you to following main paint-method:

	public void paint (Graphics g)
	{
		road (g);
		sky (g);
		sun (g);
		car (g, 1);
		windshield1 (g);
		wheel (g, 1);
		rimTire (g, 1, 1);
		rimTire (g, 1, 2);
		car (g, 2);
		wheel (g, 2);
		rimTire (g, 2, 1);
		rimTire (g, 2, 2);
	}

There is no code animating anything, not even ugly wheels. You need to start a loop, which pauses for short intervalls, and moves the objects along the x-Axis.

So you first need to make your methods parametrized from an x-offset, which changes from step to step.

don't visit my homepage:

http://home.arcor.de/hirnstrom/minis/index.html

 

[stefanwagner]

And here are some deeper explanations, how to do the animantion:

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/applet.html#features

http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-03-1996/jw-03-animation.html?page=3

don't visit my homepage:

http://home.arcor.de/hirnstrom/minis/index.html

 

[Unlucky4Ever]

Yea sorry about that, thanks for helping tho