Mouse Controlled Object

[im2famous4u]

I have a game where an object's movement is controlled by the mouse. I have the movement set up so that the object stops moving whenever it gets close to the edge. What I want to do is to make the object smaller without affecting the movement, however, every time that I try to reduce the size, or replace it with an object that looks exactly like it but smaller, the movement is messed up. How do I solve this?

[TreeHugger]

Have you tried setting the scale of the object? As long as the hotspot is in an ok place, it should reduce the size without affecting the movement

[im2famous4u]

I have tried that before and it didn't work. I just tried it again and changed the hotspot to the middle. When it made it smaller, the object could not reach the extent of the playfield, it stopped short.

[TreeHugger]

It should work. I've done a small example here

It's very basic but the scaled version can get to the edges just the same. Are you sure it's not some other part of your code that's stopping it?

[im2famous4u]

That does work like you described, however, both of their hotspots reach the same locations and when an object is smaller, the hotspot is further from the edge of the object, so the edges do not reach the same spot. What I want to do is have each edge reach the same spot on every side of the application. Sorry for the confusion.

[TreeHugger]

So, you need the tip of the object or edge or whatever to stop at the sides, right? So the centre of the object will be in a different position depending on the size, but the end result is that as soon as it hits the edge it stops? is that right?

[TreeHugger]

Just added an updated one for you. hopefully thats what you wanted
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it stores the size in two alterable values Xsize and Ysize. They aren't really necessary but they make reading the events slightly easier

[im2famous4u]

That is exactly what I wanted. Thanks! I am not as advanced yet in MMF2 so I am still working on how you did it, but thanks for your help!

[TreeHugger]

It just checks if the scaling flag is on and if it is it sets when to stop it and reset it's position based on it's location and the scaling value. Then repositions it accordingly. If you get stuck trying to figure it out let me know and I'll write some comments in it for you

[im2famous4u]

Thanks! I figured it out.