GML why is mouse global?

[Swegm]

Hi

I have too big leaps from game maker, so i forget what im doing haha
but anyway i have a button wich is called

obj_button_house
Create Event:

image_speed = 0
image_index = 0

Step Event:

if (mouse_check_button_pressed(mb_left))
{
image_index = 1
cursor_sprite = spr_house
}
else
if mouse_check_button_released(mb_left)
{
image_index = 0
}


well it seems like even if i press outside far away from the button, it reacts and run the code..hmmm like its global

 

[TheouAegis]

Because fundamentally it is much easier to treat the mouse globally rather than relative to the instance the code is in.

 

[2Dcube]

If you want to check if you're pressing on an object you could do something like this:

if (mouse_check_button_pressed(mb_left) && point_in_rectangle(mouse_x, mouse_y, x-32, y-32, x+32, y+32))
{
  //...
}

 

[Swegm]

If you want to check if you're pressing on an object you could do something like this:

if (mouse_check_button_pressed(mb_left) && point_in_rectangle(mouse_x, mouse_y, x-32, y-32, x+32, y+32))
{
  //...
}

this sounds like an answer, will try that thanks !

 

[TsukaYuriko]

You may be confusing this function with the Mouse events. Those are local. (Global mouse events are global, of course.)

The naming of these functions actually tells you exactly what they do, though: check if a mouse button was pressed. Nowhere does it say that it checks whether something was clicked on. It's the events that suffer from unfortunate naming.

If you wish to emulate the Mouse events, a call to position_meeting using the mouse's coordinates as the position and the calling instance's ID as the instance to check should be sufficient.

 

[Swegm]

You may be confusing this function with the Mouse events. Those are local. (Global mouse events are global, of course.)

The naming of these functions actually tells you exactly what they do, though: check if a mouse button was pressed. Nowhere does it say that it checks whether something was clicked on. It's the events that suffer from unfortunate naming.

If you wish to emulate the Mouse events, a call to position_meeting using the mouse's coordinates as the position and the calling instance's ID as the instance to check should be sufficient.

Thanks this is helpful for me!
I did't think about it that way. i thought game maker knew what i meant haha we'll probably wait few more years until game maker have an AI
interpreters our code and can figure out what we want to do.
Anyway i think i got it working now with your help. have a nice weekend ! thanks again!