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Ducktor
Ducktor

Reputation: 335

How to change MovieClip transparency based on mouse position?

So, I'm trying to make a grid of rectangles each get more transparent the closer the mouse is to it.

Using some basic maths, I thought I had got it, but instead it seems I got a weird graphic bug(maybe?) shown here:

enter image description here

The middle of the rings is where the mouse is.

Part of code that deals with transparency:

private function update(e:Event = null):void
{
    for (var i:int = 0; i < buttons.length; i++) {
        lightFact = getDistance(buttons[i])
        lightBrightness = lightPower - (lightFact * 10)
        buttons[i].alpha = lightBrightness
    }
}

getDistance is just getting distance from the block to the mouse.

Each rectangle is a movie clip, if that matters.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 130

Answers (1)

Neal Davis
Neal Davis

Reputation: 2008

If you are trying to do this:

lightFact

Then I think your problem is basically that your alpha value is ranging from 0 to about 3000 or something like that. That's going to cause strange effects. The value needs to range smoothly from 0 to 1 (so it needs to be a floating point number as in Number).

Here is the code which generated the image above which I wrote for you that will get you started in the right direction:

package
{

    import flash.display.*;
    import flash.events.*;


    public class lightFactTest extends MovieClip
    {

        private var boxesArray: Array = new Array();
        private var xDist: Number = 0;
        private var yDist: Number = 0;
        private var d: Number = 0;
        private var size_Glow : Number = 0;
        private var size_Radius : Number = 0;

        public function lightFactTest(): void
        {
            // creates a background for rectangles array.
            var BG_box: Sprite = new Sprite();
            BG_box.graphics.lineStyle();
            BG_box.graphics.beginFill(0x080839);
            BG_box.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, stage.stageWidth, stage.stageHeight);
            BG_box.graphics.endFill();
            addChild(BG_box);

            //# creates a grid of sprites (rectangles).
            for (var i:int = 0; i < (stage.stageWidth / 10); i++)
            {
                for (var j:int = 0; j < (stage.stageHeight / 10); j++)
                {
                    var box: Sprite = new Sprite();
                    box.graphics.lineStyle();
                    box.graphics.beginFill(0xFFFFFF);
                    box.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 10, 10);
                    box.graphics.endFill();
                    addChild(box);
                    box.x += i*10; //+ 50;
                    box.y += j*10; //+ 50;
                    boxesArray.push(box);
                }
            }

            addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, lightCalc);
        }


        private function lightCalc(e: Event): void
        {
            size_Glow = 3.5;
            size_Radius = 0.64;

            //# iterates through the array calculating each distance and then alpha.
            for (var i:int = 0; i < boxesArray.length; i++)
            {
                xDist = Math.abs(stage.mouseX - boxesArray[i].x);
                yDist = Math.abs(stage.mouseY - boxesArray[i].y);
                //var d: Number = Math.pow(xDist * xDist + yDist * yDist, 0.5);
                d = Math.sqrt(xDist * xDist + yDist * yDist) / (size_Radius / 5);

                //# This is the code that you really need to focus on...
                boxesArray[i].alpha = Math.min(1 / d * 10, 1 ) * (Math.PI / 0.5 - Math.min(size_Radius, 0) ) * size_Glow;

            }
        }
    }
}

Hope that helps!

Upvotes: 5

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