We are starting a shoot game, and for this let’s replace our mouse pointer with a cross hair to aim at our targets.
A great introduction to movie clip variables, hide method, and assigning location.
Move the mouse over the stage to move the cross hair
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HERE IS THE SOURCE CODE!
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var cursor:MovieClip;
//this creates the movie clip
//we will place on stage
function initializeGame():void {
cursor = new Cursor;
//Note that the class has
//Capital C on the name
//cursor with a small c is the moive clip
// name
addChild(cursor);
//this will place a cursor on stage
cursor.enabled = false;
// this will neutralize the cursor
Mouse.hide();
//This will hide our own mouse (cursor)
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, dragCursor);
// this functions fires when the mouse moves
// changes the cursor location
}
function dragCursor (event:MouseEvent):void{
cursor.x=this.mouseX;
cursor.y=this.mouseY;
// this will place the cursor on stage according
// to the mouse coordinates
}
initializeGame();
//thanks for watching
// see you on lesson 2
October 19th, 2009 at 3:26 am
You are a legend, took me a while to find a good tutorial like this that helped me hide the mouse and make an object move with the cursor.
5 stars *****
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