A bug with replace color

[Grim]

Hi
I found a bug with "replace color". It happens when there is more than 1 object. Check this example:
User clicks on the active object - replace color (pick from 16,16) to getRGB(random(255), random(255), random(255)).

Or another example:
User clicks on the active object - replace color (cyan) to (white) <-- there of course is used standard active object.


What will happen? All active object will change their color. I would like to change the only one, which has been clicked.


How to fix this?

Thanks for the answer

[Stephen]

This is not a bug. It is how MMF2 handles object selection. You need to check into spreading values.

stephen1980

[Grim]

You mean for example:
Start of frame - spread value A in alterable value A (active object) to 0

User clicks on the active object and alterable value A of the active object = 1 - replace color...

If I click on the object which alterable value A is 1 all are changing their colors, if I click any other, nothing happens.

[N64Mario]

Yea I'm getting this problem too..... I was curious to see how I can do this, so I was trying to make an example of this using the correct method of spread value. Even with my code to separate the active objects apart, they all change color.

Well anyway, here's the basic method of spreading objects around.

* One action when event loops
= Spread value Alterable Value A ("Active") in Alterable Value A

* Mouse is over [Active]
= Start loop "ID" NObjects("Active") times.

* On Loop "ID"
+ Mouse is over [Active]
+ Alterable Value A of ("Active") = Loopindex("ID")
+ User clicks on [Active].
= Insert your action here

[DavidN]

"Replace color" works across all objects, not individual instances, because (as far as I remember) it changes the frames stored in that object at runtime. I think that you might be able to use a specific pixel shader in the hardware-accelerated runtime to achieve a colour changing effect like you're going for.

[Grim]

Well, ok.
Thanks for the answers.

[Stephen]

If I click on the object which alterable value A is 1 all are changing their colors, if I click any other, nothing happens.

DavidN is right. I forgot that the actives use the same visual data throughout all copies. To get around this, you could try storing the RGB values in an alterable value, or do what DavidN suggested.

stephen1980