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[Randall Morgan]

JAT: Id be checking for an over or under flow on one of the math
functions....


On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 7:24 PM, Kevin Fishburne <
kevinfishburne at ...1887...> wrote:

> I have an interpolation algorithm that continually moves the "current"
> value toward its "target" value in increments increased by the
> "distance" between the current and target values. Recently when
> assigning random values to the target values the current values
> eventually become negative infinity (-Inf), which seems to disregard
> further modification. Here's the code:
>
> OrientationDistance = Abs(Client.PlayerData[p].Limb.Torso.Current[Axis]
> - Client.PlayerData[p].Limb.Torso.Target[Axis]) *
> OrientationDistanceCoefficient
> If Client.PlayerData[p].Limb.Torso.Current[Axis] <
> Client.PlayerData[p].Limb.Torso.Target[Axis] Then
>      Client.PlayerData[p].Limb.Torso.Velocity[Axis] =
> (Client.PlayerData[p].Limb.Torso.Velocity[Axis] +
> OrientationAcceleration) * OrientationDistance
>      If Client.PlayerData[p].Limb.Torso.Velocity[Axis] >
> OrientationVelocityMaximum Then
> Client.PlayerData[p].Limb.Torso.Velocity[Axis] = OrientationVelocityMaximum
> Else
>      Client.PlayerData[p].Limb.Torso.Velocity[Axis] =
> (Client.PlayerData[p].Limb.Torso.Velocity[Axis] -
> OrientationAcceleration) * OrientationDistance
>      If Client.PlayerData[p].Limb.Torso.Velocity[Axis] < -
> OrientationVelocityMaximum Then
> Client.PlayerData[p].Limb.Torso.Velocity[Axis] = -
> OrientationVelocityMaximum
> Endif
> Client.PlayerData[p].Limb.Torso.Current[Axis] +=
> Client.PlayerData[p].Limb.Torso.Velocity[Axis]
>
> Any ideas what could be causing this? I don't even know what negative
> infinity means, though it's obviously something mathematicians found
> useful to solve a particular problem. In my case it botches my player
> animations by making limbs disappear. Thanks, everyone.
>
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