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Rotation On Movie Clip, Follow Mouse
I am creating a game where I have a turret (a movie clip) on a helicopter (also a movie clip) , and the helicopter has action scripting to move with the W, A, S, and D keys, and the custom cursor is crosshairs. I want the turret to follow the mouse with rotation only, and follow the mouse whether the mouse is moved and the helicopter isn't, or whether the helicpter is moved and the mouse isn't, or if both are. I am using MX and I would appreciate any help. I have searched the tutorials. Thanks for your time.

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Movie Clip Follow Mouse
What do i need to do to have a movie clip follow my mouse around the stage? Thanks

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Making A Movie Clip Follow The Mouse
how do you make a movie clip follow the mouse horizontally only when the mouse goes over a certain area of the stage instead of the whole movie?
I have buttons that I would like a line to follow the mouse when it goes over them.

Thanks!

stacey

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On Rollover, Movie Clip Appear And Follow Mouse?
Can anyone help me with this. I want a movie clip (specifically, some text in the form of a MC) to appear and follow the mouse when it rolls over a specific area and dissapear on rollout. can anyone help?? thanks!!

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Movie Clip Pivots To Follow Mouse
Hello group-
I am new to posting, so here goes: I am trying to have a slingshot follow the mouse from a pivot point: that is, have it rotate from its registration point, not follow the mouse around the stage, or have 36o-degree rotation. The mouse will pass over an invisible button, which, on press, will go to and play an animation in a different scene, of a rock zooming to the target. This in turn will go to and play another animation in a different scene. I have a very basic understanding of Actionscript, and I am working in Flash MX (my school won't upgrade).

Thanks in advance!

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Making A Movie Clip Follow The Mouse
I have a movie clip following the mouse. I just need to know the name of the function that makes flash redraw instantly instead of at the end of the function.

in director this function is called updateStage()

Example:

function gameLoop(){

clip1._x = _xmouse;
clip1._y = _ymouse;
updateStage(); //redraw

// other statements
// other statements
// other statements
// other statements
// other statements

}

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3D Movie Clip Follow Mouse Problem
Hi. I am an actionscript beginner and wondering if you can help me? I would REALLY appreciate your help with this.

I made spiral rotating line in 3D space animation using Flash CS4. I would like for my 3D spiral Movie clip to follow the mouse movements of a visitor.

My code works.....but....the spiral decreases in size and eventually disappears when moved to certain sections.

In short, what I am trying to do is to keep my spiral effect constantly the same size and movable on the screen.

Here is the code

addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, rotate3D);

function rotate3D(e:Event):void
{
spiral02_mc.rotationX += 1;
spiral02_mc.rotationY += 2;
spiral02_mc.rotationZ += 3;
}

spiral02_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER , pressHandler);
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, releaseHandler);
function pressHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
spiral02_mc.startDrag();
}
function releaseHandler(event:MouseEvent):void {
spiral02_mc.stopDrag();
}

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Help-Movie Clip Will Follow The Mouse Movement
Hi everyone,
I'm neither a beginner nor a pro in AS. Would u pls help me in this issue-this is very imp and urgent.

Pls visit http://www.mindengine.com/ This is a cool site. I want to replicate the movement of it-only the initial part where user moves his mouse and the whole screen moves. I need this part to replicate.

Can u help me, pls, pls...

Thanks.

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Follow The Mouse+movie Clip Roll Over
Hello, I'm trying to make a movie clip following the mouse when I roll over to another movie clip. I'm trying this code but it does not seems to be working:
Code:

_root.moshe.onLoad = function() {
this._x = 0;
this._y = 0;
speed = 5;
}

boxer.onRollOver = function() {
_root.orn1.gotoAndPlay(2);
_root.moshe.onEnterFrame = function() {
endX = _root._xmouse;
endY = _root._ymouse;
this._x += (endX-this._x) / speed;
this._y += (endY-this._y) / speed;
}
};

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

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Mouse Follow Rotation Limits
I'm currently working on a game where I have a movieclip that rotates based on _xmouse.
__________________________________________________ _________________________

Code:
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
//Mouse
__________________________________;
Mouse.hide();
__________________________________;
this.shooter._rotation = 0;
this._xmouse = 100
if (this.shooter._rotation>-90 & this.shooter._rotation<90) {
this.shooter._rotation += _root._xmouse/2;
} else if (this.shooter._rotation<-90 & this.shooter._rotation>90) {
this.shooter._rotation = _root._xmouse/2;
}
};
__________________________________________________ _________________________

mouse this allows the rotation to follow the mouse, but I can't figure out how to set limitations for it. The min value should be -90 and the max should be 90.

Thanks for those who help me.

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Mouse Follow Rotation With Ease
I'm using the basic mouse follow technique i stole from some tutorial, yes i understand it, but im in a rush

I'm trying to make it ease to the spot but it doens't seem like there is a way.

It is jumpy, i would like to it to slowly smooth to the current mouse location. It's going to be used for a touch screen

Heres my current AS:

ActionScript Code:
stop()face.onRollOver = function(){startDrag("mouseTarget", true);onMouseMove = function(){mouse_x = mouseTarget._x;mouse_y = mouseTarget._y;xDistance = mouseTarget._x - face._x;yDistance = mouseTarget._y - face._y;// set the normalisation factorif (Number(xDistance)<0) { normalise = -1 * xDistance;} else { normalise = xDistance;}if (Number(yDistance)<0) { normalise = Number(normalise)+Number((-1 * yDistance));} else { normalise = Number(normalise)+Number(yDistance);}// determine the directionif ((Number(xDistance)>=0) and (Number(yDistance)>=0)) { direction = 90*(yDistance/normalise);} else if ((Number(xDistance)<=0) and (Number(yDistance)>=0)) { direction = Number(-1*90*(xDistance/normalise))+90;} else if ((Number(xDistance)<=0) and (Number(yDistance)<=0)) { direction = Number(-1*90*(yDistance/normalise))+180;} else { direction = Number(90*(xDistance/normalise))+270;}// set direction of needle and bulletneedle._rotation = direction;}}face.onRollOut = function(){ mouseTarget.stopDrag();}

Heres a link to the current SWF:
http://www.joshuajonah.com/compass.swf

Heres a link to the current SFLA:
http://www.joshuajonah.com/compass.fla

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Detect Mouse _x & _y Attach Specific Clip And Have It Follow Mouse
I'm trying to make a clip that will have another clip attached (eventually it'll be a mask) when you roll over it. I want the mouse positon to be determined on rollover and a different clip (with different registration point) to be attached depending on which quadrant you rollover first. IE- you rollover the lower left quadrant of the mc first so an mc with an upper right registration point is attached and follows the mouse.

basically I want it to look like you're pulling a mask from out of nowhere onto the main mc from whatever corner you start on... (make sense?)

i'm trying to reconstruct what you see here (http://www.mullerphoto.com/)
this is the first baby step!

anyhow, here's my AS and i'll attach the .fla any help is great! I have the actionscript dictionary and am not afraid to use it, I just need help with the mechanics of how to actually do this (i.e.- which methods, properties, etc. to utilize) thanks!

Code:
leftfunction = function(){
if (patch._ymouse <= 100){
llowerfunction;
}else{
//this function starts the maskclip coming in from the upper left with a lower right reg point
_root.patch.attachMovie("lowerright", "lrclip", 1);
lrclip._x = _root.patch._xmouse;
lrclip._y = _root.patch._ymouse;
}
}

llowerfunction = function(){
//this function starts the maskclip coming in from the lower left with an upper right reg point
patch.attachMovie("upperright", "urclip", 1);
urclip._x = patch._xmouse;
urclip._y = patch._ymouse;
}

rightfunction = function(){
if (patch._ymouse <= 100){
rlowerfunction;
}else{
//this function starts the maskclip coming in from the upper right with a lower left reg point
patch.attachMovie("lowerleft", "llclip", 1);
llclip._x = patch._xmouse;
llclip._y = patch._ymouse;
}
}

rlowerfunction = function(){
//this function starts the maskclip coming in from the lower right with an upper left reg point
patch.attachMovie("upperleft", "ulclip", 1);
ulclip._x = patch._xmouse;
ulclip._y = patch._ymouse;
}

_root.patch.onRollOver = function() {
if (patch._xmouse <= 150){
leftfunction;
}else{
rightfunction;
}}

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Moive Clip To Follow Mouse
I would like a movie clip to follow the mouse along its horizontal position.

I am using this code:

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
setProperty (this, _x, _xmouse);
}

but it causes the movie clip to flash and not follow the cursor tightly.

Is there a better way?

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Can I Constrain A 'follow Mouse' Clip To Certain Areas Of The Screen?
Hi there

got a clip that follows mouse on the Y axis ...

As it stands, the clip is active and follows the mouse up and down the WHOLE screen

Would like to set it up, so that it only follows between about an inch or two of the screen

Here is the code ive used to set up the mouse follow

//y movement

my9=_root.content._ymouse;
if (my9<_y) {
dy9=_y-my9;
}
else {
dy9=my9-_y;
}

moveSpeedy9=dy9/5;
if (my9<_y) {
_y=_y-moveSpeedy9;
}
else {
_y=_y+moveSpeedy9;
}

//x movement

mx9= 300;

moveSpeedx9=dx9/10;
if (mx9<_x) {
_x=_x-moveSpeedx9;
}
else {
_x=_x+moveSpeedx9;
}
}

X movement not important, just want the clip to follow when the mouse is somewhere between 150px and 350px from the top of screen

Could really use some help here ... any ideas?

Cheers for any time and suggestions you can give

G

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[F8] Make Textmovie Clip Follow The Mouse Cursor
Hello
How can I, on roll over, make a smallsimple movie clip just with some text on it follow the mouse cursor while it is over the area selected?
Thanks, cumps

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Follow Mouse Outside Movie
Hey guys

Is it possible if I have a movie on my page and a movie clip inside, to get the movie clip to follow the mouse position left and right when the mouse is anywhere on the page (not just over the movie) ??

If so how ??

thanks

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Movie Follow The Mouse
Hi mates
i m making a site and want its movieclip to follow the mouse (left,right,up,down to the end of the picture i masked and had put in the mc)i used most of the codes here on the forums but all it does is it moves fine but the whole pic inside the movie clip dissapear and the background color appears i want it to stop at the end of the pic in the mc (to stop at the left,right ends of the image i use as mc)

i know it may be a stupid question and i didn't explain it well but here is what i mean and want to do

http://www.fifastreet.com/

please take a look and tell me

Cheers

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Attached Movie Mouse Follow
quick question...

i have attached a movie to the stage like this....

code:
_root.attachMovie("Circle", "xLargeC", 3501);
xLargeC._x = 37.5;
xLargeC._y = 85.0;
xLargeC._width = 18;
xLargeC._height = 18;
_root.attachMovie("Circle", "yLargeC", 3502);
yLargeC._x = 13.6;
yLargeC._y = 110.1;
yLargeC._width = 18;
yLargeC._height = 18;

now i want the xLargeC to follow my mouse movement on a horizonal path... and the yLargeC to follow on a vertical path? make sense? if i move my mouse up the yLargeC moves up too but never left or right??? so i just need some type of way to write the AS on this...

Thanks,
Carlos

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Mouse Follow But With Movie Anchored?
How do I get my 'mouse follow' action to work whilst the actioned movie clip is anchored to one point? ie: an eye in the head of a stationary character - the pupil watches what you are doing, following the mouse but not leaving the charcters head?

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Duplicated Movie Clips To Follow Mouse
Hi all,

I have a simple movie clip (a circle) duplicated 10 times using the following actionscript.

n=0;
while (n<10) {
duplicateMovieClip ("_root.circle", "mc"+n, n+1);
setProperty ("mc"+n, _xscale, n*10);
setProperty ("mc"+n, _yscale, n*10);
n=n+1;
}

How do I get each movie clip to follow the mouse on the X axis only?

naes

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How Do I Make A Flash Movie Follow The Mouse
Ok. I want to have somethign going left to right be followed by the mouse, and i wana have it masking my sites name. I know the masking i made what it looks like but how do i get JUST the mask to follow it? plz help me

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Crit Movie And Very Advanced Mouse Follow?
Hi guys!

Firstly it would be nice of you to crit my freelance cartoon website...

http://uk.geocities.com/tris3d@btinternet.com/main.swf

... I know this isn't the place to post but the main reason i'm here is help! The movie is very rough and is 900kb's without preloader so sorry about that.

Anyway, I spent ages creating this site ( lack of programming knowledge ) and now that i finally came close to finishing I think its to messy for a cartoonist site.

Now i've got an idea for a more simplistic version but the only thing standing in my way is the code for a very advanced mouse follow.

http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/mousetrailer.htm

Funny enough its not that much different from the above effect except i really want to have a mechanical arm instead of text and imagine in that tutorial that the last letter was contrained to something.

Just to complicate things i wanted the hand to be able to point in the direction that the mouse follows with smooth animation so it doesn't just have the four directions. Is any of this possible? Would love any help or at least someone to tell me its not possible to stop my excitement for the new look freelance web site.

This has been a superb forum for helping people like me that have ideas but will always have programming barriers.

Thanks in advance for any help.

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Mouse Follow But With Movie Anchored? Solution Found
Found the code on this site - It only needs 2 lines of code deleted and your ready to rock.

http://www.actionscript.org/tutorial...se/index.shtml

If you want the movie to chase after the mouse leave this code as it is at the above url, if you want to anchor it to it's staring point then use this:

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
myRadians = Math.atan2(_root._ymouse-this._y, _root._xmouse-this._x);
myDegrees = Math.round((myRadians*180/Math.PI));
_root.yChange = Math.round(_root._ymouse-this._y);
_root.xChange = Math.round(_root._xmouse-this._x);
_root.yMove = Math.round(_root.yChange/20);
_root.xMove = Math.round(_root.xChange/20);

this._rotation = myDegrees+90;
}

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I had used motion tween to move the first movie clip, now the problem is, I need to make another separate movie clip to follow the first movie clip when it was moving in a motion tween, is there any ways to do that? Pls help..

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hi
i have a movie clip that moves using _x, i want to know how i can have another movie clip follow it.

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I have a forklift which can do anything (raise lower fork, and move forward or backward) and I have a object that I want the people to have to lift. I figured it would be a hitTest but i dont know. What I need done is when the fork ("Tyne") hits the object ("op_hit") the object follows the fork wherever it goes.

I tried this code but it did not work:

onClipEvent(enterFrame) {
if(this.hitTest(this._parent._parent.myFork.mast.T yne)) {
setProperty(this._parent, _x, Number(getProperty("/myFork/mast/Tyne", _x))+20);
}
}

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Sort of like a mouse trailer, but not on a mouse. Just a free-standing Movie Clip that I can use again and again.

I'm using MX.

Thoughts?

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Okay. Here is the scenario. I have a movie clip that you can click and drag. (its a mask by they way). I want to put a border around the mask though without the border becoming part of the mask. Im sure there is a better way to do this but I'm running out of time. Someone told me I could make the border its own movie clip and put actionscript to it onEnterFrame so it's position is always the same as the position of my draggable clip. In essence im dragging one clip but another one is going along for the ride as well at the same exact position. I just dont know the syntax to do this.

Attatched to my draggable clip is:

on(press) {
startDrag(this,false);
}
on(release) {
stopDrag();
}

I just want a secong movie clip go wherever this one above gets dragged.

Thanks in advance.

Ari.

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I am trying to make a movie clip follow another movie clip.

I have llokewd everywhere, but all i can find is how to make a movie clip follow the mouse. Im trying to find some code so that a movie clip will follow another movie clip.

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if you can, please help me!

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Anyone remember the centipede game? I have a similar situation where after you eat a bug it is supposed to attatch to your body in a different form and follow you around.

I've got the Flash 8 AS bible but this is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Can anyone tell me where to start with an AS function? Or even which AS to use as I don't think attachmovie will do it...

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...HELP!

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hi

i put the .fla so you guys understand better.
as you see the movie clip shark (the green shape) faces the cursor.
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i want that when the mouse is a lot over him he looks a lot up and when the mouse is just over him he looks just a bit up.

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...efka/Chase.swf

This is the action script I have for the thing that chases(the thing being chased has the instance name of chasee)-

ActionScript Code:
onClipEvent(load){
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}
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}else if(_root.chasee._x < _x){
_x -=speed
}else if(_root.chasee._x == _x){
_x +=0
}
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_y+=speed
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now
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now say there is a point on the movie clip, like this > and the lines that come from the buttons get higher and higher, so

logo
|-------| ----------- line that will appear when button hovered
|-------| -----------
|-------| -----------
|-------|> -----------
|-------| -----------

ok, so say i want the logo to rotate correctly, so that the arrow is touching the line (or almost, the logo is actually a circle)
i can't just have the logo rotate in one frame, i want it to animate, but i want it to be dynamic (it can go from any button to any other button) without making tons of labels in the movie clip (ie. one for going from button one to two, button one to three, etc)

does this make sense?
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