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Bennings
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February 3, 2014
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How do I make a button work in a specific area on the canvas only?

  • February 3, 2014
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I'm making a Minecraft-Terraria style mining game, and I have a pickaxe tool. I want to make it so it can only be triggered over a certain area or position. How would I do this?

PS. If it uses coordinates, how would I find those?

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kglad
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kgladCommunity Expert
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February 3, 2014

you can use a hitTest with a shape that you place on the stage or using coordinates.  if you use coordinates, you would use the pickaxe._x and pickaxe._y values.

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BenningsAuthor
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February 5, 2014

Sounds good, do you have any idea how I would do that? :/ I'm a bit confused.

kglad
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kgladCommunity Expert
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February 5, 2014

which one?

there are 2 different suggestions.  using coordinates is easiest to use but only works well if the area is rectangular.

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