constrainCamera and sprite offset

Million Tile Engine
1

Hey there

firstly, Dyson, thank you so much for this incredible MTE, every update is just fantastic.

I am having a bit of a problem using constrainCamera() and sprite offset.

the constrainCamera() does not seem to compensate for any offset in the sprite (in my case a y offset of 16), and appears to frame with that offset applied to the constraints rather than to the bounds I want.

I am using letterbox in my config, which may play a part in this, as I know MTE examples use zoomEven.

thanks again :slight_smile:

2

Thanks for bringing this to my attention, DeadPixel!

I’ll look into the problem today. Letterbox has indeed been a bane of my existence, but MTE gets better and better at supporting it with each update. 

3

I think I found the source of the problem. Try changing lines 10379 and 10380 of mte.lua from 

local endX = object.levelPosX + object.levelWidth \* scaleFactorX \* 0.5 + object.offsetX \* scaleFactorX local endY = object.levelPosY + object.levelHeight \* scaleFactorY \* 0.5 + object.offsetY \* scaleFactorY  

to

local endX = object.levelPosX + object.levelWidth \* scaleFactorX \* 0.5 local endY = object.levelPosY + object.levelHeight \* scaleFactorY \* 0.5  

And lines 10418 and 10419 from

local finalX = startX - object.levelWidth \* scaleFactorX \* 0.5 - object.offsetX \* scaleFactorX local finalY = startY - object.levelHeight \* scaleFactorY \* 0.5 - object.offsetY \* scaleFactorY  

to

local finalX = startX - object.levelWidth \* scaleFactorX \* 0.5 local finalY = startY - object.levelHeight \* scaleFactorY \* 0.5  
4

Yes, with a quick test, that appears to have solved the problem.

Thank you for looking into that today, very much appreciated!

5

Thanks for bringing this to my attention, DeadPixel!

I’ll look into the problem today. Letterbox has indeed been a bane of my existence, but MTE gets better and better at supporting it with each update. 

6

I think I found the source of the problem. Try changing lines 10379 and 10380 of mte.lua from 

local endX = object.levelPosX + object.levelWidth \* scaleFactorX \* 0.5 + object.offsetX \* scaleFactorX local endY = object.levelPosY + object.levelHeight \* scaleFactorY \* 0.5 + object.offsetY \* scaleFactorY  

to

local endX = object.levelPosX + object.levelWidth \* scaleFactorX \* 0.5 local endY = object.levelPosY + object.levelHeight \* scaleFactorY \* 0.5  

And lines 10418 and 10419 from

local finalX = startX - object.levelWidth \* scaleFactorX \* 0.5 - object.offsetX \* scaleFactorX local finalY = startY - object.levelHeight \* scaleFactorY \* 0.5 - object.offsetY \* scaleFactorY  

to

local finalX = startX - object.levelWidth \* scaleFactorX \* 0.5 local finalY = startY - object.levelHeight \* scaleFactorY \* 0.5  
7

Yes, with a quick test, that appears to have solved the problem.

Thank you for looking into that today, very much appreciated!