Jerky Animated Graphics

[RM]

Thank you very much: I have experimented with 'lock screen', but, obviously,
in the wrong places in the script.

Richmond.

On 21.03.2016 21:36, Terence Heaford wrote:
> Just added lock screen and unlock screen
>
>
> on mouseUp
>     put fld "VERTS" into fld "VERTS2"
>     put fld "VERTS" into fld "VERTS3"
>     put 2 into STRETCH
>     repeat until STRETCH > 300
>        lock screen
>        put (360 + STRETCH),310 into line 3 of fld "VERTS2"
>        put (360 - STRETCH),10 into line 4 of fld "VERTS2"
>        ----
>        put (360 - STRETCH),310 into line 3 of fld "VERTS3"
>        put (360 + STRETCH),10 into line 2 of fld "VERTS3"
>         put (360 + STRETCH),10 into line 4 of fld "VERTS3"
>        set the relativePoints of graphic "GG" to fld "VERTS2"
>        set the relativePoints of graphic "GG2" to fld "VERTS3"
>     set the left of graphic "GG" to 50
>     set the top of graphic "GG" to 10
>     set the left of graphic "GG2" to 50
>     set the top of graphic "GG2" to 10
>     add 2 to STRETCH
>     unlock screen
>     --wait 2 ticks
>     end repeat
> end mouseUp
>
> All the best
>
> Terry
>
>
>> On 21 Mar 2016, at 19:18, RM <richmondmathewson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I have been messing around with what are, frankly, extremely simplistic, experiments in animating
>> polygon graphics.
>>
>> However, as I change the vertices of a graphic the thing won't stay still but keeps moving its centre,
>> so I have to keep reseting its left side. As a result while the animation is running the whole thing looks
>> like a horrible, jerky film from about 1880, which, while charming in its own way is not what I am
>> aiming at: a smooth, flowing animation.
>>
>> I would be most grateful for any ideas on how to achieve that smoothness of motion.
>>
>> Images and stack here: http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=26858
>>
>> Richmond.
>>
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