layman lerp info

Hi all, I am looking into creating a variety of different objects that home in on different targets depending on certain variables anyway it was suggested that lerp might be a good way to do this. But sadly i know very little about using it.

Can anyone point me towards any info for the layman about lerp, that i can use to get started with the concepts :)

I found this post helpful to get an understanding of the concept: scirra.com/forum/lerp-clarification_topic48641.html

I also found this external post useful: forums.create.msdn.com/forums/p/45626/272505.aspx

I hope those help.

Lerp(start, end, t)

Its something like:

objects variable= move

object set position to lerp(object.x, target.x,1-0.5^dt), lerp(object.y,target.y,1-0.5^dt)

That tells the object that while its variable returns true, set its current x to the distance between it, and the target every 1-0.5^dt ticks.

So if its last x was 0, then its next x might be 1, because you are referencing its current x, rather than a static point.

If you were to say set x to lerp(1,10,1-0.5^dt), it would go to the distance between 1 and 10 divided by about 0.6, or half, say about 5.5.

If the t value were 0.9 it would go to about 9.