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Using the mouse in World

by Mitchell · in Torque Game Engine · 10/10/2007 (10:05 am) · 4 replies

I'm trying to enable the mouse cursor to act like it would in a GUI when in a mission, instead of moving a POV in 3rd or 1st person.

Is there a programmatic way of doing so? I've already created a GUI and want to click my buttons I've created, but my mouse is moving about in FPS mode (meaning, it's moving the camera.)

Thanks.
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Employee Michael Perry
ZombieShortbus
#1
10/10/2007 (11:52 am)
You'll want to have a function that toggles this functionality. This method has already been written for you in the scripts provided with TGE. Be sure to read through all the starter scripts, as that is one of the best ways to learn Torque.

In common\client\cursor.cs:
// These functions are already written[/b]
$cursorControlled = true;

function cursorOff()
{
   if ( $cursorControlled )
      lockMouse(true);
   Canvas.cursorOff();
}

function cursorOn()
{
   if ( $cursorControlled )
      lockMouse(false);
   Canvas.cursorOn();
   Canvas.setCursor(DefaultCursor); 
}

[b]Place the following inside of your default.bind.cs script:
function toggleMouse()
{
   if(Canvas.isCursorOn())
      CursorOff();
   else
      CursorOn();
}

moveMap.bind(keyboard, "m", toggleMouse);

All of this has been written in the scripts, just maybe not in your game's scripts.

Torque Owner Mitchell
#2
10/10/2007 (2:19 pm)
Ah, thanks, that was helpful! Simple solutions are best. (Although I'd prefer a switch as opposed to holding the m key, but thanks!)

Yeah, I'm still learning. I'm now trying to tie in a reference from the scripting system that points to some C++ code global objects.

Where are the starter scripts?

Torque Owner Jason Gossiaux
Indie Dev
#3
10/20/2007 (8:10 am)
I had that problem too initially, where I had to hold down the button to get the cursor to appear. Then suddenly it just worked so I left it...
function keycursor(%val)
{
	if(%val)
	{
		if(Canvas.isCursorOn())
			CursorOff();
		else
			CursorOn();	
	}
}
moveMap.bind( keyboard, m, keycursor);

I'd added this to the end of my default.bind.cs file and made sure it recompiled when I relaunched the engine. My only problem now is the cursor snaps back to the center after moving the mouse when it re-appears... which is very annoying. Any ideas on how to fix that?

Torque Owner Jason Gossiaux
Indie Dev
#4
10/20/2007 (9:12 am)
Woot. I figured it out. Turns out I needed to use the Canvas cursor position not the cursor cursor position... it takes time figuring this mess out :P

So this does what I want it to do, added at the end of default.bind.cs

function keycursor(%val)
{
	if(%val)
	{
		if(Canvas.isCursorOn())
		{
			$cursorLoc = Canvas.getCursorPos();
			CursorOff();
		}
		else
		{
			CursorOn();	
			Canvas.setCursorPos($cursorLoc);
		}
	}
}
moveMap.bind( keyboard, m, keycursor);

Hope it helps.