"Smooth" movement

[pirodaggar]

Is there a way to move faster than the normal always event (.01 seconds?) and slower than a loop (nearly instant). Basically, I'm having things move at 6 pixels every always loop, which gives a sort of "choppy" movement. Not a big deal, but it would be awesome if I could break it down instead to 6 independent 1 pixel moves over the time of a 6 pixel move, if that makes sense.

[BrashMonkey]

I dont know if this solution works for you, but if you're just moving in one direction I'd suggest using the ball movement. It can be set to any speed (not superfast) and scrolls very smoothly...

[pirodaggar]

I just found the MoveIt function (actually looking for a new drawline extension haha, I guess they never made it for MMF2) which allows me to set the time and/speed to a position. It's working great! My preferred solution to the ball movement because you have more control over its direction

Thanks for the reply though, HolyMonkey!

[Jaffob]

Just so you know, increasing the frame rate of your app will run the event loop more often, so "Always" conditions will be called faster.

[Brandon]

Just so you know, increasing the frame rate of your app will run the event loop more often, so "Always" conditions will be called faster.

But that does not solve his choppiness problem, only masks it in some cases. Your best bet would be to use a fastloop, and move the object a single pixel in X and Y directions, if it is a linear movement. Even though it is using "fast"loops, that does not necessarily mean that it will be a "fast" movement. The speed depends entirely on how many times the loop is run and other factors. And just as a side note, you would check collisions within the loops as well.

Another alternative, albeit less sophisticated, is to just copy and paste the Always or timed action so you have a bunch of them, 10 for example. The number of lines that you add will directly effect how fast it moves.

[ansemsnobody]

I just found the MoveIt function (actually looking for a new drawline extension haha, I guess they never made it for MMF2) which allows me to set the time and/speed to a position. It's working great! My preferred solution to the ball movement because you have more control over its direction

Thanks for the reply though, HolyMonkey!

I have a MoveIt extension in mmf2
is that the same one?

I don't know where I downloaded it , but it does exist.