Dragging an object and let it go with the velocity before released

Creator97Creator97 Member Posts: 140
edited June 2016 in Working with GS (Mac)

Ok so my question is simple and what I want to do kind of works in my project but so weird that the object sometimes goes in the wrong direction when I let it go.

So I have an actor what I can drag around on the x axis with an offset (I can grab the actor where I want without having to deal with the problem that it constrains to the Mouse Position when I touch it.) and now when I don't press it anymore I want that it keeps moving with the velocity before I released it in the direction I dragged it.

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  • SocksSocks London, UK.Posts: 12,822
    Accepted Answer

    Demo file attached:

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  • SocksSocks London, UK.Member Posts: 12,822

    Constrain Liner Velocity X to 30*( game.Mouse.Position.X - self.Position.X )

  • SocksSocks London, UK.Member Posts: 12,822
    edited June 2016

    With offset ("O"):

    Change O to mouse x - self x
    Constrain Liner Velocity x to 30 *(mouse x - self x) -30 * O

  • Creator97Creator97 Member Posts: 140

    @Socks said:
    With offset ("O"):

    Change O to mouse x - self x
    Constrain Liner Velocity x to 30 *(mouse x - self x) -30 * O

    (!@#$% you did understand me wrong. You thought that I want to keep it constraining to my mouse position after I released it? I want to let it move freely after that.)
    What I want to achieve :smile:
    Actor A:
    When touch is pressed it constrains to my mouse position (with the offset) on the x axis. Now I start dragging it with a speed 'z' and then I release the object, so touch isn't pressed anymore it's now released. Now I want that the object keeps moving with the 'z' speed on the x axis in the direction I dragged it.

  • SocksSocks London, UK.Member Posts: 12,822

    @Creator97 said:
    you did understand me wrong.

    Did you try the suggested code ?

  • Creator97Creator97 Member Posts: 140

    @Socks said:

    @Creator97 said:
    you did understand me wrong.

    Did you try the suggested code ?

    of course and it keeps constraining to the mouse position even if touch is released.
    So you didn't understand me wrong?

  • SocksSocks London, UK.Member Posts: 12,822

    @Creator97 said:

    @Socks said:

    @Creator97 said:
    you did understand me wrong.

    Did you try the suggested code ?

    of course and it keeps constraining to the mouse position even if touch is released.
    So you didn't understand me wrong?

    Can you share a quick screenshot of your rule ?

  • Creator97Creator97 Member Posts: 140

    @Socks said:

    @Creator97 said:

    @Socks said:

    @Creator97 said:
    you did understand me wrong.

    Did you try the suggested code ?

    of course and it keeps constraining to the mouse position even if touch is released.
    So you didn't understand me wrong?

    Can you share a quick screenshot of your rule ?

    of my rule that didn't work or of the rule I copied from your post?

  • SocksSocks London, UK.Member Posts: 12,822

    @Creator97 said:
    of my rule that didn't work or of the rule I copied from your post?

    The rule I suggested.

  • Creator97Creator97 Member Posts: 140

    @Socks said:

    @Creator97 said:
    of my rule that didn't work or of the rule I copied from your post?

    The rule I suggested.

    ok here is it.

  • Creator97Creator97 Member Posts: 140

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/ni0gppxrpjq1fxd/GS.tiff?dl=0

  • SocksSocks London, UK.Member Posts: 12,822
    edited June 2016

    Your rule (in the linked image) is nothing like what I suggested ! :) I have one change attribute and one constrain, your rule has one change attribute and three constrain attributes.

    Give my suggested code a quick try, it will take less than a minute to try and it really does work !

  • Creator97Creator97 Member Posts: 140

    @Socks said:
    Your rule (in the linked image) is nothing like what I suggested ! :)

    I have one change attribute and one constrain, your rule has one change attribute and three constrain attributes.

    Why not give my suggested code a quick try, it will take less than a minute to try and it does work !

    it s exactly what you suggested it was just added to my old code because I thought I still need that basic stuff and you're just adding the "releasing part"

    so in fact your code does works great when included in a touch is pressed rule. So where does that 30 come from?

  • Creator97Creator97 Member Posts: 140

    and yeah quote your own second post that I can click 'yes' after did that answer your question because i clicked already no...

  • SocksSocks London, UK.Member Posts: 12,822

    @Creator97 said:
    where does that 30 come from?

    From the world of numbers :tongue:

    Higher values = tighter tracking
    Lower values = looser tracking

  • AlchimiaStudiosAlchimiaStudios Member Posts: 1,069
    edited June 2016

    @Socks said:

    @Creator97 said:
    where does that 30 come from?

    From the world of numbers :tongue:

    When a Lady 15 and a Gentleman 15 like each other a lot they become really close and have what's called "addition" and that's where 30's come from.

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