moving an actor on the screen with mouse position

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• -Timo- Member Posts: 2,313

  July 2013

  you have to work with constrain attribute.
  constrain x position to mouse x position
  constrain y position to mouse y position
  
  you can put these in a rule and say. if touch is pressed or if mouse position is inside
  do constrain x position to mouse x position
  constrain y position to mouse y position
  now when you press on the actor and move the mouse somewhere else the actor will follow.
  
  I think this is what you want, good luck!
  
• rjacomen Member, PRO Posts: 19

  July 2013

  Thank you. Worked perfectly. Much appreciated. THe only issue of course is once the mouse is locked into the actor, it's locked in permanently. I did set a rule where if the actor collides with a wall it resets the scene.
• -Timo- Member Posts: 2,313

  July 2013

  if you change the rule to
  if touch is inside do:
  constrain x position to mouse x position
  constrain y position to mouse y position
  when you release the touch the actor wont follow your mouse, and when you touch the actor again he will follow you
• rjacomen Member, PRO Posts: 19

  July 2013

  I can't do touch because the user will not be able to touch and hold. It's more technical than that because we are using other software with the game. The user will not be able to click a mouse, hold a finger down or anything like that.
• jamie_c ImagineLabs.rocks Member, PRO Posts: 5,772

  July 2013 edited July 2013

  @rjacomen, you'll need to cover the screen with a large invisible actor. On this actor put a rule that constrains the mouse x and y locations to two game attributes. Then you can use the values of these attributes in your game. If you need me to put together a demo let me know.
• jamie_c ImagineLabs.rocks Member, PRO Posts: 5,772

  July 2013

  @rjacomen, I put a little demo together.