Having trouble implementing swipe movement...

[Cybert9]

I am trying to fire an object left, right, up, or down based on the player making a swipe motion anywhere on the screen. It is working perfectly on my PC, but when I run the code on my iPhone (or the simulator) the object fires the instant I touch the screen. Any suggestions?

Here's the pseudo-code:

Left mouse button clicked
+ Set Global Value M to Xmouse
+ Set Global Value N to Ymouse

Repeat while left button down
+ Set Global Value O to Xmouse
+ Set Global Value P to Ymouse

X Repeat while left button down
+ Set Global Value M, N, O, P to 0

Distance (using Clickteam Movement Controller) between M, N and O, P > 15
+ Set Global Value Q to angle between M,N and O,P

Based on the angle I fire the object left, right, up or down.

NOTE: The first time I tried to build the [final] project in XCode I got a bunch of errors about missing Crunclickteam_movement_controller.h and .m files. I had to use the standard build option. Is there a problem with the iOS version of the Clickteam Movement Controller? Is that causing my problem, or am I just detecting touches incorrectly?

[DistantJ]

You might be able to do this using the Touch Delta expression from the Multiple Touch object. Have a read about it in the documentation.

Otherwise, try these changes:

Repeat while left button down & Only one action when event loops
+ Set Global Value M to Xmouse
+ Set Global Value N to Ymouse
+ Set Global Value O to Xmouse
+ Set Global Value P to Ymouse

Repeat while left button down
+ Set Global Value O to Xmouse
+ Set Global Value P to Ymouse

Distance (using Clickteam Movement Controller) between M, N and O, P > 15 & Only one action when event loops
+ Set Global Value Q to angle between M,N and O,P

[Cybert9]

Using the Multiple Touch object fixed my problem. I hadn't spent much time looking at that object because I thought it was all about... well... *multiple* touch. It's a really powerful object for games that use just a single touch, too.