No Velocity

function oniPhoneTouchDown( %touchCount, %touchX, %touchY, %this ) 
{
	%this.schedule(100, startTimer);
}

function oniPhoneTouchDown( %touchCount, %touchX, %touchY ) 
{
	%schedule(100, startTimer);
}

function oniPhoneTouchDown( %touchCount, %touchX, %touchY ) 
{
	schedule(100, startTimer);
}

function gesturesBehavior::onBehaviorAdd(%this)
{
	%this.owner.setUseMouseEvents(true);
	$cloud = %this.owner;
}


// This callback is invoked when the cloud is touched or clicked
function gesturesBehavior::onMouseDown(%this, %modifier, %worldPos)
{
	//sets global for iPhone gestures in game.cs
	$cloudDragging = true;
	
	//records owners position
   $cloudOGPos = $cloud.position;
   
   //begins timer to record length of time between down and up mouse events
   %this.schedule(100, startTimer);
   	$timer = 0;
	$timerOn = true;
   
}

function gesturesBehavior::startTimer(%this)
{
	if($timerOn)
	{
		$timer = $timer + 1;
		echo("$timer" @ $timer);
		%this.schedule(100, startTimer);
	}
	else return;
}


function gesturesBehavior::onMouseUp(%this, %modifier, %worldPos)
{
	$cloudDragging = false;
	$timerOn = false;
	
// record new cloud position
	$cloudNowPos = $cloud.position;
///dstCovered is the distance between the original pos and new. original recored on mouseDown	
	%dstCovered = t2dVectorDistance($cloudOGPos, $cloudNowPos);
	echo("$cloudNowPos" @ $cloudNowPos);
	echo("%dstCovered" @ %dstCovered);
// then some good old basic newton. 	
	%velocity = %dstCovered / $timer;
	echo("%velocity" @ %velocity);
/// to create the smooth damping effect
/// continue with found velocity and dampen to rest. 	
	$cloud.setVelocity(%velocity);
	$cloud.setDamping(5);	
}