Make a movie symbol follow the mouse (or making the cursor appear different)

Create the new movie clip symbol that you want to use for your cursor. 

Drag it onto the stage and give it an instance name.

Select the movie symbol and open the actions panel. (F9)

Paste in this code:

Line 1 is an onClipEvent handler which means that the code will be executed every time the movie enters a new frame.

Line 2 sets the x coordinate of the movie symbol to be the same as the x coordinate of the mouse.

Line 3 does the same for the y coordinate.

Line 4 hides the actual mouse cursor.

Making a symbol follow your cursor

Set your movie frame rate to be 24 frames per second. Then try this code instead:

Line 3 works out 1/10 of the X coordinate distance between the movie clip symbol and the mouse cursor.

Line 4 moves it this distance towards the cursor.

Lines 6 and 7 do the same for the y coordinate.

This has the effect of moving the movie symbol quickly towards the cursor when it is further away and it moves more slowly the closer it gets.

This page has been produced by Margaret Meijers.  Questions or feedback may be directed by email to mmeijers at ictmindtools.net

 
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