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dirkbang
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November 15, 2010
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Help! I need this movieclip to follow the cursor but only within certain coordinates!

  • November 15, 2010
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Hello

I'm rather new to action scripting and need a bit of a shove in the right direction.

This is what I'm having trouble with - I've used this code to make the background movieclip follow the cursor:

onClipEvent(enterFrame) {
x=_root._xmouse
y=_root._ymouse
_x+=(x-_x)/10
_y+=(y-_y)/10
}

However - I want to restict it's movement so it remains masked behind the other black dot with the "hglf" graphic.

Hope this makes sense and someone can help me out!

Thanks

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Correct answer Ned Murphy

oop... only just saw this as I was composing my last answer!

So should I just change the button to a movieclip? If so that still doesn't seem to do it!

And no - don't apologies! I'm really grateful for all your help!


Are you assigning the instance names in the properties panel or are you using the library names?

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Ned Murphy
Ned Murphy
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November 15, 2010

You can build a conditional into the code that tests if the mouse is still within the boundaries you want to set.  Maybe something like...

onClipEvent(enterFrame) {
     x=_root._xmouse
     y=_root._ymouse

     if(x > lowerXLimit && x < upperXLimit && y > lowerYLimit && y < upperYLimit){
         _x+=(x-_x)/10
         _y+=(y-_y)/10

     }
}

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dirkbangAuthor
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November 15, 2010

Thanks Ned

Stupid question: where do I set the lowerXlimit etc? Could you highlight the areas?

Ned Murphy
Ned Murphy
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November 15, 2010

You could set them in the _root timeline and use the _root reference if need be in the conditional.

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