Mouse position is over. Question

CodeMonster

Just a quick question. If I use this rule. Would it work for as touch being pressed or dragged on the screen?
Caus I have a left and right button and I don't want the person to have to lift there finger and place down again to move left and right. So would this work for the iPhone?

Rule: for left button
When
Mouse position is over actor
Do>
Move left

Rule for right button:
When
Mouse position is over actor
Do>
Move right.

So you can slide your finger to the left button and back to the right so u can move left and right like that.
Would this work as a finger?
Sorry if I'm confusing
Thanks in advance!

tatiang

The first question I have for you is... did you try it and did it work?

The second question is... what is "mouse position is over actor"? Do you mean 'Actor receives event mouse position is inside'? Or do you mean 'Actor receives event touch is inside'? Or maybe something else?

tatiang

And here's a demo.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3zs9z4jhguvfo4z/left & right buttons.zip

CodeMonster

Well it works in preview But would it work on device?
And no it's a rule:
When mouse position is over actor


And when I hover the mouse button over the actor, the rule will work.

But since there isn't a mouse when playing on the iPhone. Would a finger be used to hove on the button?
@tatiang

gyroscope

But since there isn't a mouse when playing on the iPhone. Would a finger be used to hove on the button?
@tatiang

Hi @CodeMonster Well, you could hover your finger above your iPhone but it won't do anything.... so although "When mouse is down" is equivalent to "when touch is pressed" on a device, "When mouse is over" has no equivalent for devices, simply because you have to touch screens to make them work.....

So stick with when mouse (touch) is inside perhaps, which could be considered the closest to when mouse is over.

CodeMonster

Shame. I'll have to find another way mmm
Thanks though!

The_Gamesalad_Guru

Yes the I device screen is a capacitor sensor that registers contact on the screen. For anything to be registered there needs to be contact with the screen, period.

tatiang

@CodeMonster are you not able to test on an actual device? I ran the demo I posted on an iPhone 5 and it worked as expected. You don't have to lift your finger at all.

tatiang

And no it's a rule:
When mouse position is over actor

Weird. I guess I've never seen that. :-?

CodeMonster

Odd. Must be windows only for that rule
And thanks heaps I'll look at the demo again.
And yeh I can't test at the moment as I don't have access to my mac for another week.

An yeh thanks @tatiang

tatiang

The rules in my demo are just:

Left arrow button
When touch is inside
     Change attribute game.direction (integer) to -1
Otherwise
     Change attribute game.direction to 0

Right arrow button
When touch is inside
     Change attribute game.direction (integer) to 1
Otherwise
     Change attribute game.direction to 0

Moving actor
When attribute game.direction = -1
     [move to the left]
When attribute game.direction = 1
     [move to the right]


*You can set the values to anything you like... they don't need to be 0, -1, and 1, but that's usually what I use.

CodeMonster

Ah. Iv been using when touch is pressed and touch is inside.

My mistake...
Thanks @tatiang