isObjectMoving(), onObjectMoved

[WADmitry]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
We can move an object using moveObject() function, but we cannot know whether the object has finished moving.

Describe the solution you'd like
Add a new function isObjectMoving() which returns true if object moving or false otherwise. Add a new event onObjectMoved.

Describe alternatives you've considered
In some cases I can store target coords and then compare the current position with them, but it won't work with some types of easing (elastic, outback, bounce, etc).

Additional context
no

[CrosRoad95]

why not

moveObject( someTime, ... )
setElementData(object, "moving", getTickCount() + someTime )

function isObjectMoving(object)
  local moving = getElementData(object, "moving")
  return not moving or moving < getTickCount()
end

[WADmitry]

1. Theortically, there may be conflicts when different resources doing it with same object at the same time
2. It's just not very convenient (+ an additional timer for the onObjectMoved implementation)
3. Even SA-MP has such functions

[qaisjp]

I think o:isMoving() is suitable, yes.

Not sure if we should have an event, but if we did, it should be an event trigger when an object stops moving. The scripter can simply then use onPreRender to follow a moving object.

🆗 Function: isObjectMoving (client)
🤔 Event: onClientObjectMoveFinish
👎 Event: onClientObjectMove
❓ Function: isObjectMoving (server) — only if the server currently tracks this.
🤔 Event: Server events

If the server does not currently track object movement status, adding this feature server-side should be done in a separate pull request to the client additions.

[qaisjp]

What happens if moveObject is called multiple times on the same object? If the object follows both movements; should we trigger a finish event when both "moves" are done, or trigger it per completed "move"?

[sbx320]

I don't really like isObjectMoving, as it only conveys whether the object is moving at all. I'd be in favor of adding a method like getObjectMovementInfo which returns the current movement data (position/rotation/easing/time). As have that data available somewhere (for the actual moving), this should be fairly simple to add.

I'm not a fan of script-triggered events though.

@qaisjp I don't think parallel moveObjects are supported

[WADmitry]

Event: onClientObjectMove

When I wrote onClientObjectMoved I meant exactly what you said about onClientObjectMoveFinish. I.e. when object stops.

What happens if moveObject is called multiple times on the same object? If the object follows both movements; should we trigger a finish event when both "moves" are done, or trigger it per completed "move"?

Second call stops the first movement. It would be possible to trigger an event and pass an additional argument that would indicate whether the object reached target position or was stopped earlier (i.e. stopObject() was used).

[qaisjp]

👍 getObjectMovementInfo

What about the move finish event?