Distance between? <-- plz sum1 take a peek! :)

[Gibbon]

Hi, in mmf 1.5 i used to use the "movement" obj to get the distance between two points? is there an extension to do so in mmf2? I tried a search on here and found what looked like a way to do it without extension, something along the lines of :

[color:#000099]Sqr(((X( "Object 1" ) - X( "Object 2" )) Pow 2 )+ ((Y( "Object 1" ) - Y( "Object 2" ) Pow 2)))[/color]

But in there where it says object 1 and 2 ETC, i want the mouse X and Ys? well what would i put in? ive tried like Xmouse and Ymouse but just get syntax error.

Thanks
Gib

[Dynasoft]

you need to replace X("Object 1") with either XMouse or X Mouse, and the same for Y. So something like:
Sqr(((X( "Object 1" ) - XMouse) Pow 2) + ((Y( "Object 1" ) - YMouse) Pow 2))

The formula basically means "the square root of (the difference in x position squared plus the difference in y position squared)". It's simple Pythagoras from school.

[Gibbon]

Ok, well thats not sort of but kind of working? maybe you could tell me where im going wrong, al im trying to do is make it so when you click on a say picture and move it with a mouse, if you just set it so the pics X & Y are at the Mouses X & Y then it jumps to the hotspot, well i want it so where ever you click on the picture it moves it from that point get me?

So i have two globals now
A=Sqr(((XMouse-Y( "Active" )) pow 2)+((XMouse-YMouse) pow 2))
B=Sqr(((X( "Active" )-YMouse) pow 2)+((XMouse-YMouse) pow 2))

Oh and the "Active" is set at 0,0 of the picture!

And then i set the picture or what ever object
"when mouse is clicked blah blah"
X=XMouse-Global Value A
Y=YMouse-Global Value B

And at the moment, if you click on the picture it jumps up about about 200 pixels, but STILL moves with the mouse just offset by alot, but ive noticed the nearer the center of the picture you click, the LESS offset it is to the mouse?

any help will be much appricieated.
Cheers
Andy

[Erik]

I'm not sure how you got them 2 expressions, what you want is this:

A = X( "Active" ) - XMouse
B = Y( "Active" ) - YMouse

X = XMouse + Global Value A
Y = YMouse + Global Value B

[Ravenius]

Don't listen to Erik. He is so cheap!

[izac]

Ravenius, the joke is over now. And your confusing people! [crazy]

Isaac