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dropbox.com/s/16m8tcxrtc0ytuw/scram.capx I am making a nuclear reactor game. This is what I have so far. I'm trying to be able to control the control rods (sprite2) by clicking on them and moving them up and down.

dropbox.com/s/16m8tcxrtc0ytuw/scram.capx <- this is what I'm basing my event system on

It doesn't seem to work when I try to convert it.

ryackov

Take out the second line. Mouse : Left button down

I see. My only problem now is how do I deselect the rods, and how do I get the rods to slide up.

I figured out that I had to invert the second line in order to get it to work.

Still working on reversing the direction of the rods.

Yeah. I was going to say your line 2 should be "On Left button released" with the action "Set picked to False" to deselect the Sprite 2 rods. Are you trying to get the rods, Sprite 1, to change the animation frame based on the height of the Sprite 2 rods?

Oh uh. The Sprite 2 is the control rods. The Sprite 1 is the fuel rods.

I'm not planning on changing any animation frames based on the height of the control rods. It's an unimplemented feature. Basically it will be this: height of control rods > sprite 1 temp variable > animation frame of sprite 1. But it's wholly unimplemented.

I'm trying to guess how to get the control rods (sprite 2) to pull up, instead of down.

This may be what you are looking for then,

scirra.com/forum/sprite-move-away-from-mouse-drag_topic75955.html

No. I'm trying to raise the rods up, not down. Raise the rods up with the cursor.

I was able to get the ControlRods to move inverted based on the Mouse.Y value. I had to disable the "System > Every tick" event as there is an action that is preventing the ControlRod X from going above the FuelRod X. Feel free to poke around to get that resolved.

Here is the .capx for the inverted movement:

dropbox.com/s/c2b6y73ybymiz4m/ControlRods.capx

Resolved the clamp command to allow movement upward instead of downward. Added comment describing what was changed.

dropbox.com/s/71rkdvvtn0lf88c/ControlRodsNew.capx

Much appreciated. Now there's a new problem, it goes both above and below the core (only want it to go above), and it seems to be of unlimited distance.

ryackov Try this .capx

dropbox.com/s/71rkdvvtn0lf88c/ControlRodsNew.capx

I'll definitely add you to the credits. It doesn't follow the cursor but instead goes in the reverse direction.

Ah HA. Sorry for the confusion on the intended behavior. If you remove the global variable at the top and change the action "OriginalMouseY+(ControlRod.Y-Mouse.Y)*0.5" to "Mouse.Y" as it was before it should allow you to move the ControlRod up with the mouse moving up. No need to add me to the credits, though I do appreciate the thought. I am learning this just like you.