new press event on state change...

[silversteez]

hey guys,

i have an eventListenPressed on a sprite. let's say i have two game states, one in which presses are allowed (STATE_CAN_PRESS) and one in which presses are not allowed (STATE_CAN_NOT_PRESS). i'd like the user to be able to press the sprite during STATE_CAN_NOT_PRESS and as soon as the state changes to STATE_CAN_PRESS the press event will register.

anyone know a good way to achieve this? perhaps a way to make currentTouch into a new touch when the state changes...

[ArenMook]

Eh? You are the one that will write this script, so you can keep it simple:

1. void OnPress (bool isPressed)
2. {
3.     if (canPress && isPressed) <do stuff>;
4. }

Setting the sprite is equally trivial: sprite.spriteName = "Sprite Name";

[silversteez]

in your example, OnPress only fires once when the user first presses. if the user is holding their finger down on the sprite when canPress becomes true, <do stuff> will not occur. the user will have to lift their finger and press again.

i guess what i'm looking for is more of an update function that runs while a sprite is pressed. like WhilePressing() rather than OnPress().

[ArenMook]

Then you need to add an Update() function that will check for that logic.