touch events too slow to tap moving objects

Hello!

I'm trying to make a game for iOS/android but it seems that touch events in Construct 2 are too slow to have a game where you are supposed to tap moving objects (unless they are moving really slow) to destroy them. I have tested on multiple devices using both cocoonjs and intelXDK.

Is anyone else having the same issues?

You can do something more robust than that, which just tests if the point touches the object.

Like pick all the objects in a radius:

on touch

for each sprite

system compare: distance(sprite.x, sprite.y, touch.x, touch.y) < 50

--- do something

or just the closest in a radius:

on touch

pick sprite closest to (touch.x, touch.y)

system compare: distance(sprite.x, sprite.y, touch.x, touch.y) < 50

--- do something

Another idea could be to position a circle to the touch location and test what overlaps it.

Those are some great ideas! thanks, I'll continue trying them out.