Keeping the mouse cursor moving

Veach · Aug 28, 2006

Hey everyone,

I'm working on a program that involves rotating a model based on the movement of the mouse. My problem is that the model stops rotating when the mouse hits the edge of the screen. Is there a way around this?

I was asked not to use drag-to-rotate, and I tried using _mouse.mouseH = 0 to reset the position of the cursor every frame. I wasn't allowed to set that property.

Thanks,
Anthony

kennethkawamoto · Aug 29, 2006

The cursor does not go beyond the screen; therefore you need to code it so that for example if the cursor is at the edge of the screen the model keeps rotating.

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

robotduck · Sep 25, 2006

You can set the mouse position if you use an xtra. Check out the free one here called 'SetMouseLoc'.

http://pros.orange.fr/freextras/index_en.html

This will work in a projector, but not in shockwave.

If you need it to work in shockwave, there are non-free xtras which can do the job, such as this one:

http://www.director-xtras.com/xtra-mouse_control.html

- Ben

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Keeping the mouse cursor moving

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