Movement is choppy

forrestcupp · Post by **forrestcupp** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 8:43 pm

I am new to Irrlicht. I am using a FPS Camera to move around a quake level. All I want to do is change the input to use WSAD instead of the cursor keys. So I set up my own EventReceiver to catch the input and make the camera move. I am using sin/cos functions to move the camera because the example I saw using Matrix4 to move forward caused it to strafe instead of go forward. My problem is that I had to have a speed multiplier of 5 to get it to move the same speed as what the preset cursor keys give me. When I have a speed multiplier of 5, it makes it extremely choppy, but using the cursor keys to move at the same speed is very smooth. Is there an easier way to move the cursor key events to WSAD and still get the smooth movement?

I also kind of wonder if DirectInput might work a little better.

stodge · Post by **stodge** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 8:50 pm

Modify the Irrlicht source for the FPS camera. Rebuild Irrlicht and voila!

forrestcupp · Post by **forrestcupp** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 9:01 pm

That's really the easiest way?

forrestcupp · Post by **forrestcupp** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 11:37 pm

Tried DirectInput, and it isn't compatible with Irrlicht