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Hi, (duh! i have all these questions, which the answer is really simple.. :S) how can i make so the view follows its parent "smoothly" and not the exact movement by the parent?

there is a turtorial just about this very thing:
you'll find it in Game Editor.
help -> game stuff -> make view follow player (2)
it's really handy.

This works well for me:

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int refx = x + 160;//change to half the width
int refy = y + 120;//change to half the height

if (unpaused)//use whatever conditionals to limit
{
    double dir;
    double spd;

    dir = direction(refx, refy, player.x, player.y);
    spd = distance(refx, refy, player.x, player.y) * .1;//adjust this value to suit
 
    if (spd > .2)//adjust this too
    {
        x += xdist(dir, spd);
        y += ydist(dir, spd);
    }
}


You'll need the xdist and ydist functions in global code:

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double xdist(double angsize, double dist)
{
    return cos(degtorad(angsize)) * dist;
}


double ydist(double angsize, double dist)
{
    return sin(degtorad(angsize)) * -dist;
}

Thanks people!