Yesterday I posted an improvement to Cyberfunk's composition for using key up/down. However, if you used the output to rotate a cube for instance, it was very juddery - so I got to thinking if there was another way …

I proudly present the Javascript Key Up/Down version. Basically, it takes the input of the key, divides it by the value of a passed multiplier and adds or takes the result away from the stored value. When applied as a value to a cube's rotation, you get smooth rotation.

`
var prevScaledTime = outputs[0];

var dummy = inputs[0];

var speed = Number( inputs[1] );

var speed2 = Number( inputs[2] );

var mult = Number( inputs[3] );

outputs[0] = (prevScaledTime + speed/mult - speed2/mult) || 0;
`

Enjoy. SteamSHIFT out.

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