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Editor like mouse control on gameTSCtrl

by Adam Beer · in Torque 3D Professional · 02/01/2011 (9:47 am) · 5 replies

I am trying to get an RPG-like gameTSCtrl with the mouse displayed and when the right mouse is clicked and dragged, control is sent to the control object. I have looked at editTSCtrl and guiTSCrtl an have found nothing that points to how this is done. Currently im doing this (and it doesnt work too well):

void GameTSCtrl::onMouseDragged( const GuiEvent &evt) 
{
		static const char *argv[2];
		Point2I diff( evt.mousePoint - mLastMousePos);
	
		// Perform script-based yaw and pitch callbacks
		if (diff.x) {
			argv[0] = "yaw";
			argv[1] = Con::getFloatArg( diff.x);
			Con::execute( 2, argv);
		}
		if (diff.y) {
			argv[0] = "pitch";
			argv[1] = Con::getFloatArg( diff.y);
			Con::execute( 2, argv);
		}
}

Does anyone know of a better way to do this? One where the cursor disappears like in the editor when right-click-dragging?
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Torque Owner Adam Beer
Ignition Games Inc.
#1
02/02/2011 (6:11 pm)
I have found another way that should work but it doesnt...

function GameTSCtrl::onRightMouseUp(%this, %pos, %start, %ray)
{
	echo("onRightMouseUp");
	PlayGui.noCursor = 0;
}
function GameTSCtrl::onRightMouseDown(%this, %pos, %start, %ray)
{
	echo("onRightMouseDown");
	PlayGui.noCursor = 1;
}

The callbacks work, but the cursor doesnt hide and unhide. When I put those exact commands in the console (PlayGui.noCursor) it works fine. Does anyone have any ideas?

ZeroFault
Default Studio Name
#2
02/02/2011 (6:42 pm)
Try using Canvas.hideCursor() and Canvas.showCursor() instead of PlayGui.noCursor

Torque Owner Adam Beer
Ignition Games Inc.
#3
02/02/2011 (6:46 pm)
That does work but it doesnt enable/disable control, it just hides/unhides the actual cursor.

ZeroFault
Default Studio Name
#4
02/02/2011 (7:29 pm)
I don't know if this is exactly what you want, but you could use hideCursor(). It completely disables controls from reacting to it.

Torque Owner Adam Beer
Ignition Games Inc.
#5
02/03/2011 (6:31 pm)
That unfortunately wont work, thanks for the suggestions though. Anyone else have any ideas? Ive seen this done in torque a few times before, I just cant find any resources. Anyone?