Scroll left/right/up/down using mouse pointer

[Batzi]

So I implemented this piece of code that scrolls around (up/down/left/right) using the mouse pointer. I basically have a map and I am scrolling to see areas that I don't normally see because the canvas size is much smaller than the map itself and that's how I want it since you can zoom in/out too.

 

What do you think about my code and what would you change and how can I make it better?

            //in create()            this.currentX = this.game.input.activePointer.x;             this.currentY = this.game.input.activePointer.y;             //in update()            if(this.game.input.activePointer.isDown && this.game.input.activePointer.x>this.currentX){              this.game.camera.x -= 8;              this.currentX = this.game.input.activePointer.x;            }            if(this.game.input.activePointer.isDown && this.game.input.activePointer.x<this.currentX){              this.game.camera.x += 8;              this.currentX = this.game.input.activePointer.x;            }            if(this.game.input.activePointer.isDown && this.game.input.activePointer.y>this.currentY){              this.game.camera.y -= 8;              this.currentY = this.game.input.activePointer.y;            }            if(this.game.input.activePointer.isDown && this.game.input.activePointer.y<this.currentY){              this.game.camera.y += 8;              this.currentY = this.game.input.activePointer.y;            }

[jmp909]

tween to the pointer maybe?

[Batzi]

tween to the pointer maybe?

what do you mean?

[jmp909]

well you move the camera 8 pixels at a time, maybe you could move it smoothly to the pointer instead

[Batzi]

well you move the camera 8 pixels at a time, maybe you could move it smoothly to the pointer instead

Good point! Thanks, I will try that.

[jdnichollsc]

See my plugin: http://jdnichollsc.github.io/Phaser-Kinetic-Scrolling-Plugin/

 

Regards, Nicholls

[Batzi]

See my plugin: http://jdnichollsc.github.io/Phaser-Kinetic-Scrolling-Plugin/

 

Regards, Nicholls

Dude you saved my life! Thank you!! 

[jdnichollsc]

You can install my plugin using bower or npm

bower i phaser-kinetic-scrolling-plugin

Regards, Nicholls