animation/hotspot

I tried out the following: create animation of a vertical line that turns into a ball. Ball falls on ground.

Frame 1: vertical line.

Frame 2: ball in center of where line once was.

Question: how do I let Construct know that the ball in frame 2 must start in center of the frame 1-line?

I tried not cropping frame 2-ball and use the same height/width as the line used, but didn't work.

I tried the hotspot, in image editor. Worked, but when a hotspot is placed under (outside) the frame, the frame is displayed up side down.

Am I correct for using the hotspot-function for this?

(frame 3-6 should be: ball moves towards ground)

Does it have to be an animation? Can't you do it much easier? What I personally would do is make a private variable for the stick.

Always:Subtract from Stick('timer') 1*timedelta
Stick:Timer less or equal to 0:Stick destroy
Stick:Timer less or equal to 0:Stick>Create object BALL[/code:9ffwlrfn]

Does it have to be an animation? Can't you do it much easier? What I personally would do is make a private variable for the stick.

Always:Subtract from Stick('timer') 1*timedelta
Stick:Timer less or equal to 0:Stick destroy
Stick:Timer less or equal to 0:Stick>Create object BALL[/code:1uy86y22]

Thanks for the reply.

What does "1*timedelta" do?