[Golist] GoASAP/HydroTween Timing & Overlap

[Moses Gunesch]

Maybe we should add a switch to GoAsap that lets you use a  
"syncrhronized mode" or an "exact mode"?

m



On Aug 9, 2008, at 6:12 PM, Gil Birman wrote:

> At first glance, you'd think both of these would do the same thing.  
> However, as discussed in a recent thread, GoASAP's timing isn't  
> perfect. Most of the time, your tween will actually take slightly  
> longer than the duration. In the unreliable example below, I start  
> another tween of the same object and property after a delay.  
> Contrast this to the reliable example where an actual sequence is  
> created. Most of the time, when using the unreliable example the  
> second tween will begin before the first ends and thus one of them  
> cancels the other out.
>
> // UNRELIABLE
> // shape is a sprite or whatever
> shape.alpha = 0.5;
> new HydroSequence( [ { target: shape, alpha: 0, duration: 1 },  
> { target: shape, alpha: 1, duration: 1, delay: 1 } ] );
>
>
> // RELIABLE
> // shape is a sprite or whatever
> shape.alpha = 0.5;
> new HydroSequence( { target: shape, alpha: 0, duration: 1 },  
> { target: shape, alpha: 1, duration: 1 } );
>
> In my testing, there is no telling what the alpha will be after the  
> unreliable example completes. Is this the expected behavior?
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