Help with floating numbers

[Simflare]

Hi all

I'm having trouble using floating numbers in my game. It's an on rails game. In the game, the platforms move from right to left instead of the character.
The platforms move according to a global speed variable, runSpeed, which starts at a value of 1.
Then I've said, "restrict actions for 5 seconds > Add 0.1 to runSpeed".
When I try adding 0.1 to the runSpeed, rather than all of the platforms speeding up evenly, they all start moving at different speeds creating a very strange effect which I don't like.

What I want is for the runSpeed variable to increase gradually so that it doesn't suddenly lurch and become faster.

Is anyone able to explain to me the mistake I'm making?

Thanks
Simflare

[Simflare]

Still need help with this. I really can't figure out how to increase the global speed variable with floating numbers. Help anyone?

[DistantJ]

I think Global Values all use integers, and if you supply a float they get rounded (though I'm not sure of the rules of how it is rounded).

The best thing to do is set your runSpeed value to 10* what you want it to be, so if you wanted it to be 0.5 you'd set it to 5, or if you wanted it to be 1.5 you'd set it to 15, then when you want to use it, refer to runSpeed/10.

For example:

For 5 seconds: Add 1 to runSpeed
Always: Set speed to runSpeed/10

Just anywhere you want to use runSpeed, just refer to runSpeed/10.

[Simflare]

Thank you, it is helpful to know that global integers get rounded. I have managed to fix it now, thanks for your advice

[ProdigyX]

If you adding to the global value during runtime, it will accept become floating-point.

You just cannot have a global value be floating during runtime.

[Sphax]

Global Values can be Float.

They just don't accept Floats in the properties (at edit-time).

However, Fusion works with Float in a strange manner. If the number is an integer, you must make it a float to get float result.

For example: if Global value A (A) is 10 for each case:
- A + 1 = 11
- A / 3 = 3
- A / 3.0 = 3.33333333

That means, you must "cast" the global to float before making a calculation with an unknown value or an integer value to be sure to get a Float as result:

For example, if Alterable Value B (B) is 3 and Global Value A (A) is 10 for each case:
- A / B = 3
- A * 1.0 / B = 3.33333333

Then, you have a debugger to be sure that the result is what you expected.

[Simflare]

Thanks Sphax, that is very helpful I have just posted a new thread with a new issue related to this issue with floating numbers, but different. Sometimes the platforms wobble visually, forward and back slightly. If you have any extra advice on the subject, I'd appreciate it. Thanks