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[ChefDavid22]

Cant figure out how add an event for an onrelease of a button that is stationary on the screen. I know how to check if the image is pressed :

  if mouse_check_button(mb_left)
   {
    if (collision_point(mouse_x,mouse_y,id,true,false) >= 0)
    {
    obj_ship.speed=6;
    }
   }

But is there an opposite event for checking if it was released?

[fluidic ice]

mouse_check_button_released

Edited by fluidic ice, 20 May 2012 - 01:52 PM.

[ChefDavid22]

As I was typing it I KNEW it was going to be something simple like that. Thanks as always.

[fluidic ice]

For something like hitting an object moving across a room I would use mouse_check_button_pressed, instead of released. I use released for closing windows etc and they are very similar in use except there's a slight delay when using released (the time of the click).

[ChefDavid22]

Wow I started looking at it and it turns out I already coded the thing in there, I just did something wrong and need to figure out what. *sigh*

EDIT: I should say that what i coded works on windows -just not android. So I just need to work through it

Edited by ChefDavid22, 20 May 2012 - 02:15 PM.

[Nocturne]

If you are coding for devices, you are better to use the device_mouse_* functions as that is what they were designed for....

[ChefDavid22]

Good to know. Something to new to read up on now.

[Jobo]

Fun fact: the opposite of mouse_check_button() is !mouse_check_button() (pronounced: not mouse_check_button()).
The opposite of mouse_check_button_pressed() is what you were looking for; mouse_check_button_released().