Slow Response on phone: From "GuiTexture Tapped"......to.....Jump / Walk action

[DaveDukedom]

Hi all. I just built to my phone for the first time! Yipee!!
Script works fine. I just noticed that there is a slow response from when the user presses the gui-texture to when the character actually jumps.
Here’s my code:

////// This gets the touch on the screen.

function Update(){

for (var touch: Touch in Input.touches){

if (touch.phase == TouchPhase.Stationary leftTouch.HitTest (touch.position)){

leftTouchInput = 1;

} else if (touch.phase == TouchPhase.Ended leftTouch.HitTest){

leftTouchInput = 0;
}

if (touch.phase == TouchPhase.Stationary rightTouch.HitTest (touch.position)){

rightTouchInput = 1;

} else if (touch.phase == TouchPhase.Ended rightTouch.HitTest){

rightTouchInput = 0;

}

if (touch.phase == TouchPhase.Stationary jumpTouch.HitTest (touch.position)){

jumpTouchInput = 1;

} else if (touch.phase == TouchPhase.Ended jumpTouch.HitTest){

jumpTouchInput = 0;

}

}

And this takes the variables jumpTouchInput, rightTouchInput and leftTouchInput and places them into walk and jump.

if (leftTouchInput == 1) {

if (canMove == true) { ////// If the user is not bumping against a wall

this.transform.Translate(heroMoveSpeedL*Time.deltaTime, 0, 0);

}

}

if (rightTouchInput == 1) {

if (canMove == true) {

this.transform.Translate(heroMoveSpeedR*Time.deltaTime, 0, 0);

}
}

//////// Jumping /////////////////////////////

if (jumpOnce == false){ //// If jumpOnce is true he is jumping in the air and so cannot jump again.

if (jumpTouchInput == 1) {

this.rigidbody.AddForce(Vector3.up * heroJumpSpeed);
jumpOnce = true;
}

}

}

Please tell me if its something I’m doing with my addforce or translate*Time.deltatime that is affecting the responce from the button

[Meltdown]

Do you have any OnGUI() method calls?
These are notorious for killing mobile device performance.

[Eric5h5]

Use code tags when posting code please.

–Eric

[DaveDukedom]

Sorry Eric!! First time posting code here. :-? (Fixed)

I don’t think I have any OnGui calls Meltdown. I am just using three invisible Gui textures as the buttons. When the user presses the button there is a small delay till the action is performed. This is problem cause if you want to jump over a ledge you have to press jump a half second before you would naturally do so.

So your saying using Gui is not the way to go with mobile devices? Is there a way to use a simple box collider as a button?

regards Dave

[iossif]

there is a way to use box colliders, yes. check out raycasts and unity3d.