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#1 2007-12-06 09:35:54
- football10
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2007-12-04
- Posts: 3
MOUSE POINTER
I NEED MY CAR TO FOLLOW THE MOUSE POINTER
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#2 2007-12-06 11:10:27
- MyRedNeptune
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- Registered: 2007-05-07
- Posts: 1000+
Re: MOUSE POINTER
<when green flag clicked>
<forever>
<point towards( mouse-pointer
<move( --- )steps>
<end>
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#3 2007-12-06 12:40:21
- kevin_karplus
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- Registered: 2007-04-27
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Re: MOUSE POINTER
MyRedNeptune provided a script that has the car moving at a constant speed toward the mouse pointer, which is probably what football10 wanted. It should include a wait 0.02 seconds in the loop so that it will behave the same on very fast machines as on somewhat slower machines. A lot of people forget to have a wait in each forever loop, then wonder why their program behaves differently on a friend's machine.
There is a simpler script for following the mouse pointer that just jumps to the mouse pointer, tracking it more precisely, but not keeping a constant speed
when green flag clicked
forever
go to mouse-pointer
wait 0.02 seconds
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#4 2007-12-07 21:03:15
- funkymonkey
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- Registered: 2007-06-03
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Re: MOUSE POINTER
or you could do:
<when green flag clicked>
<forever>
<go to[ mouse pointer
that makes your sprite just follow the mouse
Last edited by funkymonkey (2007-12-07 21:03:52)
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#5 2007-12-07 22:47:25
- kevin_karplus
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- Registered: 2007-04-27
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Re: MOUSE POINTER
funkymonkey, your script works, but can result in competition for computer resources with other scripts, since it is trying to update the position all the time. Adding a small wait (up to about 0.1 seconds) does not change the appearance for the user, but allows other scripts more time to do their jobs.
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