Context:
I’m currently making a XP system and I’m animating an XP label to increase in XP. The XP is display in the label as such:
Issue
When animating the xp, I use a for loop which increases the text label every 0.01 seconds. I add the for loop to itself based on a calculated addBy. I want the loop to last exactly 1 second so I use this equation:
local addBy = goal * (0.01 * TWEEN_DURATION)
Potential Reasons
However, I’m facing issues with the accuracy of the loop. I think that some potential reasons is that:
The for loop is inaccurate at matching 1 seconds worth of animation because the 0.01 wait faces small inaccuracies which build up over time
The equation may be incorrect.
Code
Here is the code:
local TWEEN_DURATION = 1
function animateXp(start, goal, max, label)
local addBy = goal * (0.01 * TWEEN_DURATION)
for i=start, goal, addBy do
task.wait(0.01)
label.Text = i .. "/" .. max
end
end
Call For Action
I would really appreciate if anyone could find a solution to my issue. Consider the potential reasons and tell me what you think.
0.1 is too choppy though for the addBy. I probably need to switch timer mechanism but I do not know much about them. For example maybe like render stepped but as mentioned I don’t really know much about these other systems.
Thank you for helping but the script still doesn’t work and I do not see how storing the information about how much time has passed will help make the loop anymore accurate.
The current loop is
local TWEEN_DURATION = 1
function animateXp(start, goal, max, label)
local addBy = goal * (0.01 * TWEEN_DURATION)
for i=start, goal, addBy do
task.wait(0.01)
label.Text = i .. "/" .. max
end
end
but the loop is longer than my tween duration. Heres a video showing this:
If you could clarify how this can help me such as showing the correct function code It would clear up any confusion on my part.
I realized the video was screwed up so I fixed it
see how the loop overshoots the target by almost twice the tween duration on the things like the frame. Also the reason I am calculating the addBy and not the wait in between each iteration is cause task.wait() can only go so low and can be inaccurate for larger numbers.
local TWEEN_DURATION = 1
function animateXp(start, goal, max, label)
local amountToAdd = goal - start
local timePassed = 0
while true do
timePassed += task.wait()
if timePassed > TWEEN_DURATION then
label.Text = goal .. "/" .. max
break
else
label.Text = start + amountToAdd * timePassed / TWEEN_DURATION .. "/" .. max
end
end
end
local TWEEN_DURATION = 1
function animateXp(start, goal, max, label)
local start = tick()
while wait() do
local now = tick()
local elapsed = now - start
if elapsed > TWEEN_DURATION then break end
label.Text = math.floor(elapsed / TWEEN_DURATION) * goal .. "/" .. max
end
end
