Characters jitter when they move towards me in Developer Help

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Jul 18 2012, 7:40 pm
(See the best response by Kaiochao.)
How do I stop that? The character is jumpy and doesn't move smoothly towards me. What could be the cause of this?

mob/enemies/proc/FightingAI(mob/player/M as mob)
   while(src.arm > 0)
      for(M in view(8))
         if(get_dist(M,src)==1)
            src.NPCAttack(M)
         else if(get_dist(M,src)<=8)
            step_towards(src,M)
         else
            step_rand(src)
         sleep(1)
      sleep(1)
#1 Jul 18 2012, 7:42 pm
Possibly the two sleeps remove one.
#2 Jul 18 2012, 7:53 pm
removing the first sleep doesn't work. removing second sleep lags the game
#3 Jul 18 2012, 8:00 pm
What is your step size?
#4 Jul 18 2012, 8:01 pm
#5 Jul 18 2012, 8:19 pm
my step size is 8
#6 Jul 19 2012, 4:55 am
When using BYOND pixel movement mob movement always looks jittery because it auto disables gliding.
#7 Jul 19 2012, 4:16 pm
so how do i solve this problem?
#8 Jul 19 2012, 4:18 pm
I honestly have no idea, I would suggest maybe switching to FA's pixel movement.
#9 Jul 19 2012, 4:18 pm
Use Forum Accounts pixel movement library. ;)

[EDIT] Damn you GreatFisher :D !
#10 Jul 19 2012, 7:15 pm
Best response
Smoothness comes from a smaller step size combined with a high frame rate. Forum_account's library runs games at 40FPS with a maximum speed of 5, I think, incorporating acceleration to smooth things out even more. Even though it takes more CPU to move a mob 16 times with a step_size of 2 to move a tile, it looks much better than moving a mob moving 8 pixels 4 times, from standing still. However, over a bad network connection, they look pretty similar anyway.
#11 Jul 19 2012, 8:00 pm
its only the enemies that jitter. the main character does not. will FA's pixel movement library still help me?