Rotating Sprites: Mystery or Mirth?

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skull driveshaft

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Posted: 4th Jan 2008 07:16

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Here's the code I came up with after smashing things.

Is there a better way? Why is it so slow?

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	int scaler = 100;
        int angle = 0;

        while ( LoopGDK ( ) )
	{
		int xPOS = dbMouseMoveX();
		int yPOS = dbMouseMoveY();

		if ( dbMouseClick() == 1)
		{
			if ( xPOS > 0)
			{
				scaler = scaler + 3;
			}
	
			if ( xPOS < 0)
			{
				scaler = scaler - 3;
			}
		}

		if ( dbMouseClick() == 2)
		{
			if ( yPOS > 0)
			{
				angle = dbWrapValue(angle++);
			}

			if ( yPOS < 0)
			{
				angle = dbWrapValue(angle--);
			}
		}

		if (scaler <= 0)
		{
			scaler = 1;
		}

		dbRotateSprite (1, angle);
		dbScaleSprite (1, scaler);

		dbSync ( );
	}

why doesn't it work the way I want it to!

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tempicek

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Joined: 27th Nov 2007

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Posted: 4th Jan 2008 15:47

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Quote: "Is there a better way? Why is it so slow?"

It's so slow because you rotate/scale the image by a constant factor without regards to distance mouse has moved. You are checking only if it moved, not how much. Moreove it's dependent on how often the while loop is performed (which depends on refresh rate and machine speed), which is wrong solution in most cases. Try to use this way and modify as you need:

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		int xPOS = dbMouseMoveX();
		int yPOS = dbMouseMoveY();

		if ( dbMouseClick() == 1)
		{
			scaler += 3 * xPOS;
		}

		if ( dbMouseClick() == 2)
		{
			angle = dbWrapValue(angle += 2 * yPOS);
		}

		if (scaler <= 0)
		{
			scaler = 1;
		}

		dbRotateSprite (1, angle);
		dbScaleSprite (1, scaler);

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