OnMouseDrag

I am trying to use the OnMouseDrag function to slow down the speed at which a UI slider can be moved. I am using a UI slider to scrub through an animation. I want to limit the speed at which the slider can be moved by the user so that the animation runs smoothly. So far I haven't managed to solve the issue. The script I am using has been attached.

Code (CSharp):

1. using System.Collections;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using UnityEngine;
4. using UnityEngine.UI;
5.  
6. public class sliderscript : MonoBehaviour {
7.  
8.     public void OnMouseDrag () {
9.  
10.         Vector3 MousePos = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint (Input.mousePosition);
11.         MousePos.z = 0.2f;
12.         transform.position = MousePos;
13.  
14.     }
15.  
16. }
17.  

 

Do you think the OnValueChanged of the slider could maybe help you and limit the next move to a small amount of time in the future?

 

This could be a potential solution, however I wouldn't know how to implement this as I have very little coding experience.

 

Unity makes things fun and easy, but there's nearly no way to avoid programming. You can get a long way with even some knowledge. It's good to try to learn the basics.

Not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for...

Code (csharp):

1. public class Test13 : Slider
2. {
3.     float nextTime = 0;
4.     float currentValue = 0;
5.     bool changed = false;
6.  
7.     public void SliderValueChanged(float val)
8.     {
9.         changed = true;
10.     }
11.     void LateUpdate()
12.     {
13.         if (!changed) return;
14.         if (Time.time < nextTime)
15.         {
16.             value = currentValue;
17.             changed = false;
18.             return;
19.         }
20.         if (value < currentValue) currentValue--;
21.         else if (value > currentValue) currentValue++;
22.         value = currentValue;
23.         nextTime = Time.time + .4f;
24.         changed = false;
25.     }
26. }

 

I am keen to learn more about programming, its just that I have a deadline so learning what I need is difficult.

 

I am going to add this to the slider Gameobject. I will let you know the outcome.

 

It baffles me when people say they have a deadline, and thus "skip learning". How can that even equate?
(this is not the first time I've heard that..) heh.

Hope it works for ya. I mean, when I tested it, it worked as far as restricting the slider's movement. Beyond that scope, I can't say

 

Not skip learning as such, but having to look to find solutions in short spaces of time. Thus, making it difficult to learn what I want. I want to learn how to create code, but in some cases my knowledge of coding wont allow me to solve the problem in time for the deadline.

 

I just don't understand what it means in general. Is this for school?

How can there be a deadline that is too constrained to give you the time to learn what you need?
Anyways.. let me know how the code works lol

 

I have added your script and it doesn't seem to work.

 

Deadline meaning I need to deliver something by a set time, however I don't have the time to learn and implement what I need within the time frame I am given.

 

Sorry, you have to delete the original slider script, eh? Did you do that? I mean that's how I wrote it.. could probably change that.. but just delete the original and remember to put the 3 parts linked back in (that the original has.. references to parts of the slider).

 

I knew what you meant, and not to keep going off topic, but how could you be given a deadline that you can't reach by learning or doing.. just seems strange to me.

 

Just the way things have turned out. I am a student and my lecturers have poorly organised the course.

 

Did you see my post (two up?).

 

I deleted the slider component and added your script. I than added the references. The printscreen below shows what I have done.

 

I see. Okay, in my example I was using whole numbers 1 - 10 (to be specific) for testing.

Try that.. and see if you even like it before doing more changes. Of course for 0 - 1.0f you'd have to modify the values a bit.

 

Oh, and you should add an OnValueChanged event for the method in the class there.'SliderValueChanged'. I can't see if that's so in your screenshot.

 

I have added the SliderValueChanged method to the OnValueChanged event. The slider moves much slower now, however it doesn't seem to move smoothly. I have tried playing around with the values but the smoothness of the slider doesn't seem to change.

 

Must be a way of smoothing it out using smoothdeltatime or something like that.

 

Ah, okay.. well that's a different story

 

In

In what way? I have tried using smoothdeltatime but had no luck.

 

Well, in the sense that I didn't consider that from your original question

I was only thinking you wanted its value to change more slowly..

 

I am trying to use the OnMouseDrag function to slow down the speed at which a UI slider can be moved. I am using a UI slider to scrub through an animation. I want to limit the speed at which the slider can be moved by the user so that the animation runs smoothly. So far I haven't managed to solve the issue. The script I am using has been attached."

My original question is shown above, stating that I would like the animation to run smoothly. Thus the slider would have to be moved smoothly.

 

Sorry, ya, I suppose I don't really understand.

 

Is there a way to make the slider slower and smoother?