Light Sensitive Text Dropshadow

 

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Drop thison a text member and give it an empty sprite channel. You cna assign either a sprite or the mouse as the "light"

--Copyright 1999 Chuck Neal --chuck@mediamacros.com --If you find this code helpful, send me an e-mail and let me know. :-) property spriteNum, shadowSprite, follow, followSPrite, rangeOffset on getPropertyDescriptionList me   p_list = [:]   if the currentSpriteNum > 0 and sprite(the currentSpriteNum).member.type = #text then     p_list.addProp(#shadowSprite, [#format : #integer, #comment : "Which sprite to use as the shadow?", #default : (the currentSpriteNum + 1)])     p_list.addProp(#follow, [#format : #symbol, #comment : "What should the shadow follor?", #default : #mouse, #range : [#mouse, #sprite, #nothing]])     p_list.addProp(#rangeOffset, [#format : #float, #comment : "Offset value for the shadow:", #default : 100.0])     p_list.addProp(#followSprite, [#format : #integer, #comment : "If following a sprite, which sprite?", #default : the currentSpriteNum + 2])   end if   return p_list end on beginSprite me   if sprite(spriteNum).member.type = #text then     if sprite(shadowSprite).member.type = #empty then       puppetSprite shadowSprite true     end if     sprite(spriteNum).ink = 36     sprite(shadowSprite).ink = 36     sprite(shadowSprite).member = sprite(spriteNum).member     sprite(shadowSprite).forecolor = 255     sprite(shadowSprite).locz = sprite(spriteNum).locZ - 1   end if end on endSprite me   puppetSprite shadowSprite false end on enterFrame me   if sprite(spriteNum).member.type = #text then     if follow = #mouse then       distance = sprite(spriteNum).loc - point(the mouseH, the mouseV)       sprite(shadowSprite).loc = sprite(spriteNum).loc + (distance / point(rangeOffset, rangeOffset))     else if follow = #sprite then       distance = sprite(spriteNum).loc - sprite(followSprite).loc       sprite(shadowSprite).loc = sprite(spriteNum).loc + (distance / point(rangeOffset, rangeOffset))     end if   end if end on getBehaviorDescription me   return "Drop this behavior on a text member and assign an empty sprite or a sprite with a second instance of the same cast member. Choose the " & quote & "light" & quote & " and you are ready to go." end