Tracing Mouse

[Cparty]

I can't

really explain

it...
so..here

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/225089




that's what i mean, i want to know how to do that lol

[Long_Haired_Buddy]

This place is so

dead.

[Oscar]

I'm a pretty shitty actionscripter so I don't think I can help

you with this hahe

[Netrosis]

This

is in my Flash MX 2004, not sure about Flash

8.


startDrag(target,lockcenter,l,t,r,b);
Mouse.hide&#

40;)
stopDrag();
Mouse.show()
All code is

placed on the starting frame AS.

ok, so how does this all

work?

Create the MovieClip you want as your Cursor.
Give it an

Instance Name, I called mine mouse.

Now what do all the parts

mean?

target: this is the instance name, in my example,

"mouse"
lockcenter: true or false, True will lock the centre of the

movieclip, false will simply pickup the movieclip in relation to the cursor

when it started the drag, you would want this as true.
l,t,r,b: how

far left, top, right and below, the cursor can drag, from its current

location on the frame. You have to supply all 4 of these,

so if you

have a movieclip, place it in the topleft corner of your frame, using the

align buttons (default shortcut is [ctrl]+[K]) then, specify the

dimensions of your movie. If being the default, it should look similar

too:


startDrag("mouse",true,0,0,550,400)

I

t helpls. :)

the Mouse.hide() and Mouse.show() should be self

explanatory, they hide or show the cursor.

Now, for the whole effect

thingy. I remember reading up on how to do this somewhere.

On frame

one, I had this code:

startDrag("mouse", true);
var

dupname = "1";
nextFrame();
Frame

two,

dupname++;
mouse.duplicateMovieClip("mouse" + dupname,

dupname);
startDrag("mouse" + dupname,

true);
play();
frame

three,

dupname++;
mouse.duplicateMovieClip("mouse" + dupname,

dupname);
startDrag("mouse" + dupname,

true);
gotoAndPlay(2);

making sure an instance

of the original is still there.

Try to not put anything with an alpha

channel below 100%, this will cause your flash movie to slow down horribly!

*gasp*

I managed to recreate the catepillar cursor using this method,

and hope it helps. :)

edit:
Make sure inside your movieclip, it is

a few frames long, then on the last frame press f7, (blank keyframe) then add

the following ActionScript to that

frame:


stop();

That should also make it

look pretty! :)

[Cparty]

Damn thanks lol

[Oscar]

Netrosis is tha man! :D

[Netrosis]

I hope

it all works out right.

I spent ages trying to find a way to delete

the movieclips, before realising it was unecessary.

[nugget]

on(press){
play(); //OMFG
}

:shock:

[Netrosis]

this.on(Release)

{
getURL("http://nugget.isgay.com",_blank);
//ROFLCOPTER!
}

[JJ]

i dont pay much attention to cursors, there aweosme and all, but

im not ready. ill print it out JUST in case

[Netrosis]

There's another command

that makes it follow the cursor at a certain speed but I've forgotten it.