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Movement lag?

Noods · 2002-09-02T18:29:44

I am having a issue with movement in my game and I was wondering if anyone had similar problems. I am creating Pong with simple controls. up makes it go up down makes it go down. Here is the code I use. Process of the input: case VK_UP: box.move(0,-5); break; case VK_DOWN: box.move(0,5); break; Method to "move" the box: void CObject::move(int xmove, int ymove) { yaxis = yaxis + ymove; } The problem is, when I hold down either up or down, the "paddle" moves 5 pixles, stays idle for a second, then starts a continuous move in the direction I told it to go. The controls overall work properly, but I am wondering what is causing that little lag when I first hold in the key. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!