I am new to jME and going through the training. I am trying an exercise to have a cube move up and down using simpleUpdate. This is what I have in simpleUpdate.
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public void simpleUpdate(float tpf) {
player.move(0, 2, 0);
player.move(0, -2, 0);
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If I replace the 2 player.move lines and replace them with player.rotate(0, 2*tpf, 0); the cube rotates just fine. However with player.move the cube does not move. I have also tried player.move(0, 2tpf, 0) followed by player.move(0, -2tpf, 0) and the cube cant be seen (or it moves so fast i dont see it). Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
SimpleUpdate happens in one frame, so if you move it up 2 then back down 2, it has essentially moved nowhere.
What you want to do is move the player by a “speed” amount, say 2, and multiply that by ‘tpf’ (Time Per Frame). Then you will see it move up the screen at a rate of 2 units per second.
That works thanks. It now goes up OR down. How do I get it to go up AND down repeatedly?
you will want to have the update loop check that once the object has moved up or down to a certain point, to then inverse the speed value (negating it). This will repeat forever, giving you the up and down motion.
If you are doing this to many objects, have a look at Controls, and AbstractControl. It is the proper way to do this sort of thing without cluttering your main game update loop.
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Cool thanks for the help :).