Hi, I would need help;
I have game object which isn't moving in correct speed calculated from deltaTime bellow. It should reach half of the screen in one second, on any device.

Devices tested:

• tablet A7600-F - deltaTime = 0.03355443; (res. 720x1280)
• Xperia Z3 Compact - deltaTime = 0.13421772; (res. 720x1280)

Calculation:
calc = (screenWidth /2)* deltaTime. //I have app in landscape mode
speed = Math.round(calc);

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Got:
speed on tablet - 21px per update;
speed on xperia - 86px per update;

You can see these results are very different (actualy it should be something about 8px - 20px). Game object is then extreme fast on Xperia (on tablet it's just a bit faster - speed is more than half of the screen per second).

What am I missing?

I'm using round to round it only for draw (since object can't pass 0.5 pixel). Then, next calculation is added to drawed object.X - that means to the rounded value.

The actual delta time should not impact the object speed at all. If the delta is higher, the game loop should be running slower and you should just get less updates per second. Check your framerate, it looks like it doesn't match your delta.

Yes exactly this I'm doing. After calculation I have just object.X += speed.

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speed = (screenWidth/2); // this is in pixels/second and can be calculated elsewhere and stored
distance= speed*deltaTime; // This is how much you wish to add on to the object's position this frame
object.x += displacement;

Sorry for misunderstanding, what do you mean with that displacement?

Note: I'm calculating this before player can play. Once he plays (or I allow him to), I stop any calculations and "speed" remains constant. So this result is just indicative (but I'm ok with that - that's reason why I'm doing this - to get average same speed, exact isn't necessary). Reason why this speed remains constant is, that I can't manipulate with it ingame (it would break my objects on scene).

I don't understand. Delta time is not a constant, it is based on elapsed time?

That's my problem. If I calculate it in game when player plays, my object's positions getting messed up (but I don't know why). Only thing I'm doing to them is moving their position x += speed (or distance as Nanoha said), on each update. I don't know why it fails.

I'll try to put here key things of whole app.

Each update I'm updating game objects X position and then (in same update) drawing them on canvas. Position of objects are done as object.x += speed;

Speed is calculated in Mainthread, while running. Using

calc = (screenWidth /2)* deltaTime.
speed = Math.round(calc)

should I get distance (speed), that object have to travel for 1 second - every device updates in 1 second (but it evidently doesn't always).

Then,

- if I have distance calculated before game starts (I mean player play) and I don't change it, the game is ok (but distance sometimes not, as you can see on Xperia - 86px per update is extreme large.

- if I have distance calculated also durring game, it's breaking my objects on scene, making some moving faster than others.