From a4ffacdb1854ce8499903a2fa012cef2e89287ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Zed A. Shaw" <zed.shaw@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 12:23:17 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix up the animator to show the initial form.

---
 assets/animate2.json | 2 +-
 tests/animate2.cpp   | 2 ++
 tools/animator.cpp   | 4 +++-
 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/assets/animate2.json b/assets/animate2.json
index 814ab10..028761d 100644
--- a/assets/animate2.json
+++ b/assets/animate2.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         "min_y": -20.0,
         "max_x": 20.0,
         "max_y": 20.0,
-        "simple": true,
+        "simple": false,
         "flipped": true,
         "ease_rate": 5.0,
         "scaled": true,
diff --git a/tests/animate2.cpp b/tests/animate2.cpp
index 1ced87d..2f185bd 100644
--- a/tests/animate2.cpp
+++ b/tests/animate2.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ using namespace animate2;
 
 Animate2 load_animation(const string& name) {
   auto anim = animate2::load("assets/animate2.json", "rat_king_boss");
+  anim.set_form("attack");
+
   anim.transform.looped = false;
   anim.sequence.durations = {Random::milliseconds(5, 33), Random::milliseconds(5, 33)};
   return anim;
diff --git a/tools/animator.cpp b/tools/animator.cpp
index 1d5b0c6..ea504a4 100644
--- a/tools/animator.cpp
+++ b/tools/animator.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ namespace animator {
     $ui.init($sprite_name, $background, new_size.x, new_size.y);
     $sprite = $ui.get_sprite();
 
-    // need to keep these aroung
+    // need to keep these around
     $pos = $sprite->getPosition();
     $scale = $sprite->getScale();
 
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ namespace animator {
       $window.setVerticalSyncEnabled(VSYNC);
       if(FRAME_LIMIT) $window.setFramerateLimit(FRAME_LIMIT);
     }
+
+    $ui.update_status($anim);
   }
 
   void FSM::event(Event ev, std::any data) {