Improve camera smoothing when crouching

Asymptoptic (ease-out) smoothing is now used instead of linear interpolation. This kind of smoothing is often used for camera crouching animations in modern FPS games.
redeclipse · Dec 28, 2021 · 1a4529a · 1a4529a
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commit 1a4529a
Showing 1 changed file with 4 additions and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/src/game/game.cpp b/src/game/game.cpp
@@ -1275,15 +1275,18 @@ namespace game
             }
             if(crouching || d->crouching(true))
             {
-                float zamt = zoff*curtime/float(PHYSMILLIS);
                 if(crouching)
                 {
+                    // asymptoptic smoothing of crouch view height (smoother than linear interpolation)
+                    float zamt = abs(d->height - zrad) * 0.35f * zoff*curtime/float(PHYSMILLIS);
                     if(d->actiontime[AC_CROUCH] <= 0) d->actiontime[AC_CROUCH] = lastmillis;
                     if(d->height > zrad && ((d->height -= zamt) < zrad)) d->height = zrad;
                     else if(d->height < zrad && ((d->height += zamt) > zrad)) d->height = zrad;
                 }
                 else
                 {
+                    // asymptoptic smoothing of crouch view height (smoother than linear interpolation)
+                    float zamt = abs(d->height - d->zradius) * 0.35f * zoff*curtime/float(PHYSMILLIS);
                     if(d->actiontime[AC_CROUCH] >= 0) d->actiontime[AC_CROUCH] = -lastmillis;
                     if(d->height < d->zradius && ((d->height += zamt) > d->zradius)) d->height = d->zradius;
                     else if(d->height > d->zradius && ((d->height -= zamt) < d->zradius)) d->height = d->zradius;