Opposite conditions don't work together

[bmurphey]

I am trying to make a button behavior that is latching - that is, it stays pressed until pressed again. The button "not pressed" image is in the right direction, while the button "pressed" image is in the left direction. I have two lines to handle this action:

Condition: Click on the button + button direction = right
Action: Change button direction to left

Condition: Click on the button + button direction = left
Action: Change button direction to right

I have attached the file. Any input is appreciated.

Thanks -

Brian

[King_Cool]

Considder the following

Allways -> Set Counter to 1
Allways -> Set Counter to 2

What will the Counter display?
It will allways display 2, as it is first set to 1, then 2, then the screen uppdates ( after running all the code )

Click + Dir = Right
-> Set Dir to Left

Click + Dir = Left
-> Set Dir to Right

The top Event goes first, and assuming Dir is Right, it sets the Dir to Left.
Then the secount Event goes, now the Dir is Left, and so it set the Dir back to Right again.
^ When you run the applicaion, it 'appears' nothing has happened, but this is programming logic

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There are 2 ways to work around this

#1

Click
-> Toggle Flag0 ( this flips the Flag between 0 and 1, like a switch )
-> Set Dir to Flag * 16 ( as Dir0 is Right, and Dr16 is Left )

#2
You could gain greater controll over the mouse input, but creating code that only lets there be 1 'Mouse Click' per Game Frame like this ( which in my mind is actually more logical, but it depends )

Allways
-> Set Counter to 1 ( This has to be at the very top of the Event Editor )

Click + Dir = Right + Counter = 1
-> Set Dir to Left
-> Set Counter to 0

Click + Dir = Left + Counter = 1
-> Set Dir to Right
-> Set Counter to 0

^ One could say we are kind of 'overriding' the Mouse Clicks, now only one Click can ocurr at a time

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On the subject of overriding the Mouse ( this is beside the original topic of this post ), the default 'Mouse click' is kind of slow maybe because its using the systems/ OSs definition of a Mouse Click.
If you have

Click
-> Add 1 to Counter

^ You can click 20 times in rappid sucession, and the Counter will only go up by 5 -10 or so ( there is a sort of cooldown between each Click )

Here is how to make Mouse Clicks respond on every Click.

Repeat While Mouse is Clicked + Flag0 = 0 ( this has to be at the top of Event Editor )
-> Set Flag0 to 1
-> Set Counter to 1

Mouse is overlapping Object + Counter = 1
-> Set Counter to 0
-> Action

Repeat While Mouse is NOT Clicked + Flag0 = 1 ( this has to be at the bottom of Event Editor )
-> Set Flag0 to 0

Allways ( this has to be at the bottom of Event Editor )
-> Set Counter to 0

^ I used 1 Flag and 1 Counter in the example so it would be easier to differenciate between the two. Now every click will be registered and you can click as fast as you want. I guess Flag0 represets the Mouse Button being held down, and Counter represents a single Mouse Click.

[bmurphey]

I will try option #2. Many thanks for taking the time to respond and help me out!

-Brian

[bmurphey]

Worked perfectly. Many thanks!