Multiple images for FlxSprite animations

[puggsoy]

I'm wondering if it's possible to give a FlxSprite animations using frames from separate images. I'd only want to have separate animations use different images, not one animation have frames from multiple images.

For example, suppose I have two enemies, Rat and Croc, with each of their frames in separate image strips, rat.png and croc.png. However I want them both to use the same death animation, an explosion which has its frames located in common.png. Is it possible for them to have most of their animations take frames from their respective images, yet grab their death animation frames from common.png?

[Gama11]

I don't think so, no. You could create a new BitmapData that contains all the animation frames via code.

[puggsoy]

Ah OK, that's probably the best solution then. Maybe I can extend FlxSprite and automate such a feature, that would be pretty cool.

[SruloArt]

Let's not forget this still exists (probably needs some work):
https://github.com/HaxeFlixel/flixel/pull/710

[Sergio]

FlxMultiSprite is for cases when you have more animations for a sprite than can fit in spritesheets for older devices (1024x1024 and less).we needed this functionality for Times Ninja because there Ninja has a lot of combo animations. It seems that in most games it's not needed. Now in my programs I'm behind dev version, if people need that to be added to Addons I'll add it, but I think a demo also must be made which will show how to use it, for that demo I'll need a open source character  with animations spread to different spritesheets. If you can point it - it will be great.

[Gold_Ninja]

I would solve this by having the death-anim/explosion be a separate sprite and just swapping out the dead Rat with the explosion sprite when the rat gets killed.