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Move random distance along X, hold, then random distance along Y
I’m trying to get null to move randomly following a grid. That is; it can only move up, down, left or right at any one time.
I’d like it to move, stop, then change direction and move again.
The length of the move would be set to a random distance with a min/max.
I’ll then be adding a tracer to the null.
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2 Replies
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I think I found it
origin = [10,10]; //upper left hand corner of grid
dimX = 8; //number of columns
dimY = 6; //number of rows
gap = 20; // distance between cells (pixels)
gridRate = 300; //speed (pixels per second)
holdTime = .2; //(seconds)end = 0;
j = 0;while (time >= end){
seedRandom(j,true);
startX = Math.floor(random(dimX))*gap + origin[0];
startY = Math.floor(random(dimY))*gap + origin[1];
j +=1;
seedRandom(j,true)
start = end;
endX = Math.floor(random(dimX))*gap + origin[0];
endY = Math.floor(random(dimY))*gap + origin[1];
deltaX = Math.abs(endX - startX);
deltaY = Math.abs(endY - startY);end += (deltaX + deltaY)/gridRate + 2*holdTime;
}p1 = start + deltaX/gridRate;
p2 = p1 + holdTime;
p3 = p2 + deltaY/gridRate;if (time < p1){
ease(time,start,p1,[startX,startY],[endX,startY])
}else if (time < p2){
[endX,startY]
}else if (time < p3){
ease(time,p2,p3,[endX,startY],[endX,endY])
}else{
[endX,endY]
}
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As always, it was thanks to Dan.
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