ActionScript 3.0 :: Movement On Keypress Event Not Smooth?
Oct 22, 2009
I am trying to move an object on keypress. so i am doing
if(keyboardevent.keycode == keycode)
{
code to move;
}
this works perfectly fine, but when i keep the key pressed for a couple of seconds, the motion is not smooth. for the first second the object gets stuck there, and then moves smoothly. same thing happens when i change the key. basically, it is taking time to read the first key event.
why is it so? i dont want this 1 second delay. i want the object motion to be fluent, as i am making a time critical game.
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