Moving an object along a straight line at a constant speed from point A to B

Question

I know this has been asked a few times before, but there has been no answer that actually works that I can find. There is a similar one, but the speed varies dependi

Answer 1

Your problem seems to be that xRatio and yRatio are angles, not vector coordinates. This should work:

document.addEventListener('mouseup', function(e) {
    movePlayer(selectedPlayer, {x:e.pageX, y:e.pageY});
});

function movePlayer(player, target) {
    var start = {
            x: player.x,
            y: player.y,
            t: Date.now()
        },
        distance = Math.sqrt(distance.x*distance.x + distance.y*distance.y),
        time = distance; //This may seem pointless, but I will add a speed variable later
        difference = {
            x: target.x - player.x,
            y: target.y - player.y,
            t: time
        };

    player.angle = Math.atan2(distance.y, distance.x) * (180 / Math.PI);

    //This function is called in another part of code that repeats it 60 times a second
    walkPlayer = function(curTime) { // we need timing information here: Date.now()
        var elapsed = curTime - start.t,
            ratio = elapsed / difference.t;
        player.x = start.x + difference.x * ratio;
        player.y = start.y + difference.y * ratio;
        if (ratio >= 1) {
            player.x = target.x;
            player.y = target.y;
            // end calling of walkPlayer
        }
    };
}