Quicker version of makslanes's smooth moving code

[Game A Gogo]

i made a quicker version of makslane's smooth view moving

1.Create an actor that should appear in the middle of the screen.

2.Make view Parent of Center actor.

3.In the center actor draw actor event:

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angle=direction(x, y, Player.x, Player.y);
directional_velocity=distance(x, y, Player.x, Player.y)/10;//Change the number 10 to set the "weight" factor

[Sgt. Sparky]

if the distance is > 25 it messes up!

[Game A Gogo]

distance from what?
This never happened to me, at what actor this happens, and what does exactly happens?

[Sgt. Sparky]

the velocity is so great the view goes away from the players and goes flying all around

[pixelpoop]

thanks Game A Gogo, nice clean code. but I made it dirty

I took your code and added sin and cos to keep the view ahead of the actor instead of behind.
note:This code assumes you are already using angle on the actor being followed by the screen. if not you need to add angle coding.
to add:
-put the code into the view's -draw actor -script editor
-add local, real variables called e and c.
-no need to parent anything
-change anyplace that says "player" to your actor's name
-change where it says 160 and 120 to half of your view's x and y dimensions.

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//this code assumes your player is already assigned an angle
c=sin(degtorad(player.angle))*100;
e=cos(degtorad(player.angle))*100;
// 100 is the distance the view tries to keep
// ahead in either direction

angle=direction(x+160, y+120, player.x+e, player.y-c);
// 160 and 120 are half of my view's pixel dimensions(320x240)
// you must change these to half of your views X and y dimensions
directional_velocity=distance(x+160, y+120, player.x+e, player.y-c)/5;
//change the 160 and 120 here as well
//change the 5 to change how fast the screen follows


[Troodon]

Hmmm...this code is cool but moves the main actor when I change the actor. For example if I make
1.follow actorA
2.follow actorB
the actor B moves little

[arcreamer]

that code u made pixel, when i put it in draw actor of view and made 2 global integer variables e and c, when i put it all in and i clicked game mode, the view went down a little then started shaking like crazy made my head hurt... what happeneD?

[arcreamer]

nvm i got it had to made e and c real variables

[arcreamer]

its not working for me. Whenever i put it in and do everything and go into game mode, whenever i stop the view moves down and to the right and it looks dumb... how do i make it not do that?

[DilloDude]

Maybe put it inside an if (player.directional_velocity) statement. Then it will only move if you are moving. Or use another real variable instead of angle.

[pixelpoop]

do you have a directional velocity on your actor that the view follows? You need to have one even if it is .0000000001
Here is a demo:

[arcreamer]

thanks pixel i got it working