using an inventory item on a flash button

using an inventory item on a flash button
i'm trying to figure out a way to be able to use an inventory item on a flash button sort of like: if inven item key cursor on (release) then changephase do something if i can find a way it would mean i wouldn't need the verb disc at all any help would be great..

... don't all inventory items react to objects on click? This should play right into the existing system, shouldn't it?

if you have a an arrow cursor assigned to "use", it'll override the item cursor so you can't use an inventory item on the sprite So i thought about doing it with flash instead but i don't know how to do it so if the item cursor is a key it opens the door, if its normal cursor it does something else, ie a sequence saying its locked its just an inconsistency really, a myst style game zooms in on something you can look at, one click is good enough to start a convo, but something that needs unlocking/invent need the verb disc at the moment

Nige... Why use an arrow cursor then? Can you just run everything off item cursors? I guess I'm not sure what you mean by "use flash buttons". Everything within Lassie is already a Flash button for all intents and purposes.

nearly every thing is using the inventory items set as cursors it just when i need an inventory action i can't work out for example:

on (rollOver) {
	_root.TIMe.setItemCursor('up');
}
on (release)
{
_root.TIMe.changePhase('room1', 'back', 3);
	    _root.TIMe.changeRoom('room1','start',4,null,null);
    _root.runActions(); 
}
on (rollOut) {
_root.TIMe.setItemCursor('_none');
}

the above, on rollover changes the item cursor to "up" on release it goes to room1 and changes the "back" (background sprite) to phase 3 which is the rooms 180 degree angle view roll out goes to regular cursor I don't know how to do it so its conditional, if its a key itemcursor or the regular cursor

Oie... given that this is clearly a hack solution, I'll have to give you a hack fix. Dig out the ol' Lassie DOM diagram. Target the cursor's item-image MovieClip and check its current frame to see what cursor frame is currently displayed. I don't have the DOM in front of me, but I believe you'd target it as something along the lines of...


if (_root.cursor_mc.item_mc._currentframe == 1)
{
   // do stuff.
}

Again, reference the DOM for the proper object names / paths. Unfortunately, you cannot extract a clip's current frame label with AS2 (a massive drawback that was thankfully addressed in AS3), so you'll have to -*test*-('") item cursor frames based of their frame number.

thanks for that Greg I'll let you know how i get on :)

mm, it doesn't seem to work.. but thats probably me :oops: plus i still have the problem with cursor switching to the action cursor :? My brain just isn't working right now, a m8 got killed in a M/C accident last week

Oh no... I'm really sorry to hear that. My sympathies and all the best to his family.

Its a real shock.. the guy was 40 year old and was an advanced riding instructor.. http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/mostpopular.var.2196939.mostviewed.colchester_thorpe_tributes_flood_in_for_passionate_biker.php He's going to get one hell of a send off thats for sure it only goes to show, all the training in the world can't save you from some idiot in a truck :?

That's a very common irony in Scuba Diving too... instructors and trained professionals often get too comfortable with open water and end up dead in it. In some respects, you can think of it as the law of averages: people who engage in potentially dangerous activities regularly for long periods of time without incident may have the odds finally even out in a fatal accident.

Steve Irwin is a valid case in point.. i'm pretty sure a stingray wouldn't of been high on his *must worry about" list But yeah M/C's you are on a knife edge all the time, if you last the first few years without hurting yourself your destined to a long carreer at it, but, you can't protect yourself from others and their stupidity. I must admit, last year I was wondering why i bother, there's just so much traffic on the roads, and every day it just seemed a fight to stay in one piece. god this thread is totally off topic lol

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