Difference between revisions of "Notes:Interpolation"

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target / current

This interpolation do not requires any timer. It is similar to a constant deceleration. The idea is to gradually reduce the difference between a target and a current value. The code is simplest:

float target = 0;
float current = 0;
...
target = 3;
...
// (in an animation for instance)
current += (target-current) * 0.1;

At each loop, the 10% of the difference is added to current. To avoid an infinite process, the addition can be controlled by 2 tests, one to apply the operation, and another to stop it if the difference is too small ( 0.0000001 in this case ).

if ( current != target ) {
    current += (target-current) * 0.1;
    if ( abs( target-current ) < 1e-7 ) {
        current = target;
    }
}

speed / current

This interpolation do not requires any timer either. It is similar to a bounce^[1] interpolation. The idea here is to modify the speed of the current in order to reach a given value. Once accelerated, the current value might go further than the requested value. The speed is then adapted to go in the other direction, until the requested value is reached. Code is a bit less obvious then the target / current:

float target = 0;
float speed = 0;
float current = 0;
...
target = 3;
...
// (in an animation for instance)
speed = ( (target - current) - speed_roll ) * 0.35;
current += speed_roll * 0.1;

At each loop, the speed is increased by 35% of the difference of the difference between target and current value and previous speed. A lower percentage of this speed (10%) is then added to current. This method might ends up in very high speeds. It very simple to caps them using 2 tests:

speed = ( (target - current) - speed_roll ) * 0.35;
if (speed_roll > 1) {
    speed_roll = 1;
} else if (speed_roll < -1) {
    speed_roll = -1;
}
current += speed_roll * 0.1;

1. ↑ Realistic Bounce and Overshoot, http://www.motionscript.com/articles/bounce-and-overshoot.html