control animated gif with mouse movement?

[mbuddha]

I don't think this is possible but I would like to control (i.e. play) an animated gif with mouse movement within a specific zone on the frame. So perhaps I have a still image jpg (the first frame of the ani gif) and then when the player moves the mouse into the zone, the still image disappears and the ani gif loads. But the mouse moves in a circular motion and the animation starts, then stops when the user stops moving the mouse, and continues when mouse moves again. Doable?

[Chaos]

In theory, yes. You could take an active object and then keep track of whether the mouse is moving or not, and start/stop the active as needed. Depending on what you are trying to do will depend on how complex it would need to be in terms of mouse moving and animation speeds.

[mbuddha]

In theory, yes. You could take an active object and then keep track of whether the mouse is moving or not, and start/stop the active as needed. Depending on what you are trying to do will depend on how complex it would need to be in terms of mouse moving and animation speeds.

Thanks for your response. I am able to start/stop the animation when the mouse moves into/out of the zone, which is a start. But I am looking for a condition that checks if the mouse if moving or not, and I can't find one. What can I use for that?

Amd actually it is going to be a mouse controlled object, not the mouse pointer, and I can't find where to test if that object enters a zone.

Edit: Okay I can solve the second thing by placing an image that is moved to back (behind the ani gif), and when the mouse controlled object overlaps that hidden image, the animation starts (and another condition that is opposite via the negate function to stop animation). I tried that with a trans gif that was completely blank and MFF2 does NOT like such an image and it wouldn't work.

I'm still trying to figure out a condition that checks if the mouse is moving or not.

Edit 2: getting there. I can test if the active (mouse controlled) object is 'stopped' - then stop animation.

[Chaos]

There isn't an event for it per se - you could use the built in mouse movement and have it check animations for what is being played. I have attached an example of some simple number comparing. Its not a PERFECT solution but it may work for you (if you move the mouse REALLY slowly it kind of bugs out, but you may be able to program in a failsafe to keep it flagged as moving for an extra few ticks.)

mousemoving.mfa

[AyreGuitar]

mbuddha - If you've set your object to Mouse Controlled you can check the object's speed to detect if it's moving or not, eg:
Speed of ("Active") = 0 : <Do your stopped action>
Speed of ("Active") > 0 : < Do your moving action>

You could even use your object's speed as a variable to control your animation