On3DRightMouseDown

#1 Well what type of action are you trying to do exactly? Maybe if i had an idea of this, i might be able to come up with an idea.

#2 If you're looking to repeat an action while the rmb is held down, just schedule a repeating function that is cancelled with onRightMouseUp.

#3 Thanks for the scheduling idea. I didn't think of doing it recursively.

The schedule idea is sort of working. First, I have this for my code:

function GuiRTSTSCtrl::onRightMouseDrag(%this,%active)
   echo("active ", %active);
   if(%active){
      %this.keepMoving = %this.schedule(32,"onRightMouseDrag",%active);
      echo("scheduled");
   }
   else
      cancel(%this.keepMoving);
}

I am initially calling Con::executef(this, 2, "onRightMouseDrag", "1") within GuiRTSTSCtrl::on3DRightMouseDown, and I stop by switching the "1" to "0" in GuiRTSTSCtrl::on3DRightMouseUp.

This works if I am just scheduling with the up and down engine methods. But since I need to get information from within the GuiRTSTSCtrl::on3DRightMouseDragged method, I need to call this scheduling function within that method also. I tried calling the scheduling function the same way I called it within the right mouse up method, but it didn't work (I'll worry about getting the additional information later).

The scheduling never stops even though %active is set to 0. Can you not schedule the same schedule multiple times? What is a better way to do this?

Sorry for the somewhat long description, hopefully it made sense.

#4 You should pick one place to do the scheduling (c++ or script), but not both. It sounds as if you are setting up two parallel rrepeating schedule cycles--one from script, and one from c++. Your script looks fine, but I'm betting you aren't properly cancelling out the code version (guess, since we can't see your code yet, but a logical one based on your description).

#5 Can I not call the scheduling function within c++? Here's what I have (removed the irrevelent parts):

guiRTSTSCtrl.cc:

void GuiRTSTSCtrl::on3DRightMouseDown(const Gui3DMouseEvent & event)
{
   Con::errorf("right down");
   Con::executef(this, 2, "onRightMouseDrag", "1");
}

void GuiRTSTSCtrl::on3DRightMouseUp(const Gui3DMouseEvent & event)
{
   if(mRightDrag){
	  mRightDrag = false;
	  Con::errorf("right up");
	  Con::executef(this, 2, "onRightMouseDrag", "0");
   }
}

void GuiRTSTSCtrl::on3DRightMouseDragged(const Gui3DMouseEvent & event)
{
   if( !mRightDrag && ( mRightDragStart.x + DRAG_PIXEL_TOLERANCE < event.mousePoint.x ||
                        mRightDragStart.y + DRAG_PIXEL_TOLERANCE < event.mousePoint.y ||
                        mRightDragStart.x < event.mousePoint.x + DRAG_PIXEL_TOLERANCE ||
                        mRightDragStart.y < event.mousePoint.y + DRAG_PIXEL_TOLERANCE ) )
   {
      mRightDrag = true;
   }

   if(mRightDrag){
      Con::errorf("right drag");
      Con::executef(this, 2, "onRightMouseDrag", "1");
   }

}

Thanks

#6 Is my code above correct?