Hey, I just had another quick question. Now that I have my Gui setup nicely, I just want the mouse cursor to change automatically when moving to it at the bottom.
Would I need to add something in the "#sectionstart repeatedly_execute" part of the globalscript or is there a better way? I am able to solve many of my problems with the included manual (incase anyone thinks to mention it). I just haven't quite got the gist of scripting.
Thanks again!
If you want the mouse cursor to change when it moves over the GUI, use GUI.GetAtScreenXY(x,y). This approach will mean it's in repeatedly_execute(), but I can't really think of another function to put it in, since AGS has to constantly check whether the mouse is in a certain area...
something like:
function repeatedly_execute(){
if(GUI.GetAtScreenXY(mouse.x, mouse.y) == gGUI && Mouse.Mode != eModePointer) { //you'll want to check whether the mouse mode has already been changed...no point doing it twice!
Mouse.Mode = eModePointer;
}
//probably other code
}
Where "gGUI" is the name of your GUI
Hope this solves it :)
Quote from: Vault15 on Sun 14/10/2012 22:40:13"#sectionstart repeatedly_execute"
Wait a second, "#sectionstart"...?
Are you using some old game template? Or tutorial?
The "#sectionstart" stuff was discontinued as of AGS 3.0.
Quote from: geork on Sun 14/10/2012 23:10:15
If you want the mouse cursor to change when it moves over the GUI, use GUI.GetAtScreenXY(x,y). This approach will mean it's in repeatedly_execute(), but I can't really think of another function to put it in, since AGS has to constantly check whether the mouse is in a certain area...
something like:
function repeatedly_execute(){
if(GUI.GetAtScreenXY(mouse.x, mouse.y) == gGUI && Mouse.Mode != eModePointer) { //you'll want to check whether the mouse mode has already been changed...no point doing it twice!
Mouse.Mode = eModePointer;
}
//probably other code
}
Where "gGUI" is the name of your GUI
Hope this solves it :)
Fantastic, thanks for the quick response! All I did was substitute my Gui in the code and it changed as I wanted. By the way, when I move the cursor back to the main area, what's the script to set it back to my mouse cursor 0 (first one)? I feel like if I force it back it will interfere with how it's currently set up. I have it where I right click in the main screen and it changes from look, use, talk, walk. I almost want to leave it as is, but if there's some simple code I can add then I'm all for it =P
Quote from: Khris on Sun 14/10/2012 23:13:06
Quote from: Vault15 on Sun 14/10/2012 22:40:13"#sectionstart repeatedly_execute"
Wait a second, "#sectionstart"...?
Are you using some old game template? Or tutorial?
The "#sectionstart" stuff was discontinued as of AGS 3.0.
Well, you got me there. I noticed this template had a different method of doing that vs my other game using newer code. I guess I figured there's no point changing it. My game has nothing to do with this so I deleted almost everything but the shell and Smooth Scrolling/Parallax scripts. The reason being that I couldn't seem to get the smooth scroll to work starting from scratch. The guy who came up with that is brilliant and it is a huge building block to my project.
Edit: The 1 screen game came with the script to demonstrate what it can do. It's a very helpful tutorial sortof thing.
Quote from: geork on Sun 14/10/2012 23:10:15
Hope this solves it :)
I added to your code once I figured out what was going on. Here's what I ended up with to make it 100% what I wanted =]
Thanks again.
function repeatedly_execute()
{
// put anything you want to happen every game cycle here
if(gIconbar.GetAtScreenXY(mouse.x, mouse.y) == gIconbar && Mouse.Mode != eModeUsermode3)
{
Mouse.Mode = eModeUsermode3;
}
else if(gIconbar.GetAtScreenXY(mouse.x, mouse.y) != gIconbar && Mouse.Mode == eModeUsermode3)
{
Mouse.Mode = eModeWalkto;
}
//probably other code
}