Touch Screen but highlight different area!

tyler.vankanan@gmail.com

I was wondering if it is possible and how to add a feature where you touch one part of a grid but the space two above it gets highlighted.

Each box is a separate instance of one actor and they are exactly space with 1 unit between them. The Grid is a 12x14 pattern.

I would like this feature so that your figure wouldn't get into the way of the highlighted box.

If there is any other information needed please let me know.

Thank you for your help!

tatiang

When ALL
mouse button is down
game.mouse.position.X greater than or equal to self.position.X - self.size.width/2
game.mouse.position.X less than or equal to self.position.X + self.size.width/2
game.mouse.position.Y less than or equal to self.position.Y - self.size.height*1.5 - 2
game.mouse.position.Y greater than or equal to self.position.Y - self.size.height*2.5 - 2
Then
[highlight me]

That's just off the top of my head...

tatiang

Another way to do this is to give each instance of the actor self.row and self.column attributes (index) and type them in manually once so that each actor has its own record of where in the grid it is.

Then for the rule, use When Touch is Pressed ... Change Attribute game.touchedColumn and game.touchedRow to self.column and self.row; When self.column=game.touchedColumn AND self.row=game.touchedRow+2 ... [highlight me]

tatiang

Here's a demo of the first method:

tatiang

You might also be interested in this, by @RThurman: http://forums.gamesalad.com/discussion/comment/362587/#Comment_362587