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I've got a technique I've used that makes use of a variable called Selected that I define for each sprite (not for all sprites).  The code to pick up the sprite then looks like

When Sprite Clicked
Set Selected to 1 - Selected                    (this toggles the value between 1 and zero)
Wait 0.01 Seconds                                   (let things settle down a bit)
If Selected = 1
    Repeat Until Selected = 0
            Goto Mousepointer


If you want things to happen after the sprite is released from the mouse, you can put an ELSE branch on the IF statement and handle them there.  Good luck!

Paddle2See wrote:

I've got a technique I've used that makes use of a variable called Selected that I define for each sprite (not for all sprites).  The code to pick up the sprite then looks like

When Sprite Clicked
Set Selected to 1 - Selected                    (this toggles the value between 1 and zero)
Wait 0.01 Seconds                                   (let things settle down a bit)
If Selected = 1
    Repeat Until Selected = 0
            Goto Mousepointer


If you want things to happen after the sprite is released from the mouse, you can put an ELSE branch on the IF statement and handle them there.  Good luck!

Thanks, that works for picking up the items, but i cant place them down on the character.

Just realized that the code can be simplifed even further if you aren't doing anything special when you release the object.  You don't even need the IF statement.  It also looks like the Wait statement isn't really necessary.   The code is then just

When Sprite Clicked
Set Selected to 1 - Selected                    (this toggles the value between 1 and zero)
Repeat Until Selected = 0
            Goto Mousepointer

Of course if you want to make sure the object lines up perfectly with the person underneath, you might want to keep the IF and add some logic to reposition the object where it is supposed to go.  That gets a little more complicated.

Last edited by Paddle2See (2008-01-23 16:05:27)

When you click the mouse again (with the object dangling off of the mouse pointer), it generates another When Clicked event so the (Selected = 1 - Selected) equation results in Selected becoming zero.  This stops the Until loop and releases the object.  Maybe you don't have the

               set Selected = 1- Selected

coded correctly?

[kevin_karplus: fixed typo in set statement.]

Last edited by kevin_karplus (2008-01-23 19:57:27)