I was wondering how dragging was done.
With a single pointer it is easy.

But with this we need to follow multi drags.

If I have a set amount of pieces on the stage, I would imaging that I need someway to say onEnterFrame this x,y = that blob x,y.

The only way I could think of is to have each sprite an array that has a flag set when it is being dragged (inDrag), and the blob it belongs to. Then cycle through all the sprites, looking for one that has inDrag = true, and set it’s x/y to that of the blob that we set. Then when we stop, delete the inDrag flag, and the blob number.

That sounds like way too much work though.

Im my drawing app, each line is named after the blob it is attached to so it is easy to know what to follow.

Why not look at the source code to the flash apps? In C# the way I do this is by “capturing” the item I am dragging and store a reference to it on my touch object that way I can just fire off the touch move event to it without doing any hit testing...then when dropped i release the captured item.

All you need to do is extend rotateablesclable and you have the ability to drag anything that extends it. You can then choose to set noScale and noRotate to true if you only want the object to move. We’ll have a move only extend soon.

LOL
At first I was like “Im already extending it”.
30sec later…
I took my class that makes the sprites on the stage, extended it, and bingo!
Man that was easy.
Im really over thinking some stuff.

Thanks again!

cerupcat - 19 November 2008 02:02 AM

All you need to do is extend rotateablesclable and you have the ability to drag anything that extends it. You can then choose to set noScale and noRotate to true if you only want the object to move. We’ll have a move only extend soon.

Hehe yeah. I don’t blame you though, the documentation we have is kind of poor. Once lux is out it’ll be much easier

I hope you dont run me out of a job… I like being helpful when I can.

cerupcat - 19 November 2008 01:32 PM

Hehe yeah. I don’t blame you though, the documentation we have is kind of poor. Once lux is out it’ll be much easier

Not sure what you mean hehe. We can always use your help!

If things get too well documented and easy to use, who needs me. =)

We’ll need people to help with documentation You’re on the list now hehe.