Gradually increasing the speed of an actor over time

mturner000

I've searched the forum for an answer too my problem and the only answer I saw I couldn't understand. I was hoping to use the timer and the accelerate behaviors but I need a way to increase the speed by 20 every 5 seconds but the obvious way that this would work would be to use a simple + 20 in the expression. How can I simply speed up the actor incrementally every 5 seconds?

Thanks,

Mark

JeffreyShimane

Create a timer and a game attribute called GameSpeed. Every 5 seconds, increase the GameSpeed attribute by 20.

In your accelerate behavior, instead of using a number, use the GameSpeed attribute for your speed. This way, the accelerate behavior will increase as GameSpeed increases.

- Jeff

mturner000

I've searched the forum for an answer too my problem and the only answer I saw I couldn't understand. I was hoping to use the timer and the accelerate behaviors but I need a way to increase the speed by 20 every 5 seconds but the obvious way that this would work would be to use a simple + 20 in the expression. How can I simply speed up the actor incrementally every 5 seconds?

Thanks,

Mark

JohnPapiomitis

topics merged.

mturner000

Sorry about the double post. Typing on my iPad. Didn't see the first post go through. I'll do my best to not do that again. I'm a real newbie. How do I increase the "game speed attribute", Jeff? I'm not trying to be obtuse, I'm trying to understand how the acceleration behavior works. Where do I put the game speed attribute. Does it go into the expression editor? I've tried that and it didn't seem to work. I'm sorry to seem so dense, but I could use some further details.

Thanks a lot for your help,

Mark

mturner000

Thanks all for your help. Got it all working now. Appreciate all your answers.

Mark