Follow view without parenting or moving bug

[Hblade]

If you want to "stick" something to the view without it glitching out when moving (or without parenting) the solution is simpler than you think

All you have to do is put this in draw actor of the follower:

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x=view.x/1;
y=view.y/1;


You might have to do this if you have a background thats large:

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x=view.x/1+(width/2);
y=view.y/1+(height/2);


Why /1? Because without that, you can see the background move a bit when the view moves, but by dividing it by 1 for some reason its instant

[skydereign]

Why /1? Because without that, you can see the background move a bit when the view moves, but by dividing it by 1 for some reason its instant

Dividing by 1 makes it cast it to an int (losing the floating point). This helps because x and y values are doubles, which gE rounds up or down when actually drawing.

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x=view.x/1;
y=view.y/1;

You can do the same thing with xscreen, and not need to cast it to an int.

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xscreen = 0;
yscreen = 0;

[Hblade]

Thanks lol, I thought xscreen=0 and yscreen=0 would cause the same effect as the moving glitch (If the view moves super fast, the background moves differently than the view, which is why somehow I discovered /1 prevents that and sticks it ^_^ ) But yeah thanks, didn't know xscreen=0 is different than x=view.x

[skydereign]

Ah, actually there does seem to be a slight difference. Setting xscreen essentially sets it to the current view position, but setting x to view.x sets it after the view has moved. This is rather odd, and probably shouldn't happen, but that's how it currently stands (which is why view.x and xcreen do different things for you). Though the /1 does not do anything if the view is moving at integer amounts, again due to no need to cast.

[Hblade]

Ahh right, but wouldn't you be able to do a similar effect using round? x=round(view.x); that would be the same as /1 correct? or xscreen

[skydereign]

No, rounding rounds up and down depending on the floating point (round(5.9) = 6). Dividing by 1 casts it as an int, meaning 5.9/1 = 5. You could use floor instead though.

[Hblade]

Oh! Never knew what floor did So, floor(2.3); would mean 2, as well as floor(2.9). I see, so floor basically completely removes the decimal(s).

[bat78]

it works also with ceil(), but it will be with 1 bit slower.

[Hblade]

So /1 is the best way :3?

[skydereign]

No, if you want to cast it, actually do the cast (or use floor). Dividing by 1 is just weird.

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int var = (int)4.9;
// var is set equal to 4

[Hblade]

Thanks Weird that now when I try, it actually keeps up O.o no matter how I do it. Lol this was confusing