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  • lerp(current, target, 1-factor^dt)

    Thanks for the response. I tried this and it is much faster, but still a bit slower than it should be. Maybe this is because of performance when testing it while it was framerate-dependent? Anyway, changing it to lerp(current, target, 1.05-factor^dt) works, so should I just use 1.05 for all of them? Or do I need to change it for each lerp() individually? Thanks.

  • Hey, I am trying to make everything in my game frame-rate independent, but I noticed that if I just multiply, say, the rate in a lerp function that is called every tick by dt, then it makes it much slower.

    Is there anything that I can always add/multiply to it in addition to multiplying it to dt to make it retain its speed? Right now I am just adding a certain amount to each individual instance with trial and error, but that is inefficient and not precise.

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  • You can do this:

    But I'm not an expert in JS, so this solution may not be a good one.

    It works, thanks!

  • Here is the file if its an issue with the events or project structure or smth. dropbox.com/scl/fi/vo2upm80wnszgkgad2iik/mousebuttontest.c3p

  • Have you tried this?

    runtime.globalVars.varName = button;

    Thanks for the response. I just tried this, but it doesn't seem to be working looking at the devtools. Any idea why? 

    // Import any other script files here, e.g.:
// import * as myModule from "./mymodule.js";

runOnStartup(async runtime =>
{
	// Code to run on the loading screen.
	// Note layouts, objects etc. are not yet available.
	
	runtime.addEventListener("beforeprojectstart", () => OnBeforeProjectStart(runtime));
});

async function OnBeforeProjectStart(runtime)
{
	// Code to run just before 'On start of layout' on
	// the first layout. Loading has finished and initial
	// instances are created and available to use here.
	document.addEventListener("mousedown", (e) => {e.preventDefault(); mousedown(e.clientX, e.clientY, e.button)});
	
	
	runtime.addEventListener("tick", () => Tick(runtime));
}

function mousedown(x, y, button){
	console.log(button);
	runtime.globalVars.mouseButtonNum = button;
}

function Tick(runtime)
{
	
}

  • Bear with me, because I am very new to JS.

    Here is my code for getting the mouse button (including forward and backward) in JS: 

    // Import any other script files here, e.g.:
// import * as myModule from "./mymodule.js";

runOnStartup(async runtime =>
{
	// Code to run on the loading screen.
	// Note layouts, objects etc. are not yet available.
	
	runtime.addEventListener("beforeprojectstart", () => OnBeforeProjectStart(runtime));
});

async function OnBeforeProjectStart(runtime)
{
	// Code to run just before 'On start of layout' on
	// the first layout. Loading has finished and initial
	// instances are created and available to use here.
	document.addEventListener("mousedown", (e) => {e.preventDefault(); mousedown(e.clientX, e.clientY, e.button)});
	
	
	runtime.addEventListener("tick", () => Tick(runtime));
}

function mousedown(x, y, button){
console.log(button);
}

function Tick(runtime)
{
	// Code to run every tick
}

    Simply put, I want to use the 'button' number variable in an event sheet, with as little extra code useage as possible. Any ideas?

  • > I use the current layer numbers to spawn objects in event sheets, so they will be on the wrong layer if I dont manually change all of them

    That's why you should always name your layers properly and use layer names (not numbers) in all events.

    Oh, I didn't know I can just use the names. Well that should make things easier in the future.

  • The only way to do this is to move it to another layer.

    The only reason why I am not just doing that is because I want to put an object on the very bottom layer, but if I make a new layer on the bottom it pushes all of the layer numbers up one. that's an issue because I use the current layer numbers to spawn objects in event sheets, so they will be on the wrong layer if I dont manually change all of them

    Is there any other workaround to this (such as manually changing the layer numbers), or do I have to manually change all of the numbers in the event sheets?

  • This is pretty self explainitory. I want a sprite to not be affected by the effect of it's layer.

  • Oh wait i said 'mouse' instead of 'mousedown'. My bad. It works great!

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  • It took me all night to figure out, now I know Js :p

    I've tried uh, borrowing your code and I keep getting this error:

    Uncaught ReferenceError: mouse is not defined at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (main.js:17:69)

    This is the code: 

    // Import any other script files here, e.g.:
// import * as myModule from "./mymodule.js";

runOnStartup(async runtime =>
{
	// Code to run on the loading screen.
	// Note layouts, objects etc. are not yet available.
	
	runtime.addEventListener("beforeprojectstart", () => OnBeforeProjectStart(runtime));
});

async function OnBeforeProjectStart(runtime)
{
	// Code to run just before 'On start of layout' on
	// the first layout. Loading has finished and initial
	// instances are created and available to use here.
	document.addEventListener("mousedown", (e) => {e.preventDefault(); mouse(e.clientX, e.clientY, e.button)});
	
	
	runtime.addEventListener("tick", () => Tick(runtime));
}

function mousedown(x, y, button){
console.log(button);
}

function Tick(runtime)
{
	// Code to run every tick
}

    Do you know what this is about?

  • Maybe you could do the parallax manually. Just need two instance variables: startx and rate. Then you could do something like this: 

    Start of layout
— sprite: set startX to self.x-scrollx*self.rate

Every tick
— sprite: set x to self.startx+scrollx*self.rate

    Maybe tweak the start offset as needed.

    This is perfect, thank you!

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