Do you need to use DT when simply checking for x coordinates?

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- ConstructionTim713
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For example, when using: if player.x > 1000
- newt
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Nope.

Dt is mostly used for making sure you gat speeds consistent with your frame rate.

You have no speed component in what you are doing.
- ConstructionTim713
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what about when changing the width of a tiled background?
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- oosyrag
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Does the width of your tiled background have anything to do with time? If not then no.
- mikehive
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DT is used for making sure things that happen over time (eg. motion) take the same amount of time no matter what the framerate is. Eg if it is supposed to take 1 second for one object to move from A to B, with DT it will always take 1 second even if the user's computer is running the game at like 20fps.

Anything that happens instantly (eg. in 1 tick) such as running a check or teleporting an object doesn't require DT :)