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Ravagence YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 4	Coordinates adding and subtracting HELP Aug 14th, 2009, 5:41am   I need either a tutorial or help with fixing this code... rectMode(CENTER) mousePressed() {  rect(mouseX, mouseY,mouseX + 1,mouseY + 1);  fill(#BCBCBC); } to make it draw a square the same size anywhere on my screen with the center point being my mouse.

JohnG Ex Member

Re: Coordinates adding and subtracting HELP Reply #1 - Aug 14th, 2009, 6:09am   Ravagence wrote on Aug 14th, 2009, 5:41am: I need either a tutorial or help with fixing this code... rectMode(CENTER) mousePressed() {  rect(mouseX, mouseY,mouseX + 1,mouseY + 1);  fill(#BCBCBC); } ...to make the two highlighted parts actually work. I just want a small square around the center point of the rectange. With rectMode(CENTRE), you specify the width and height of the rect, as the 3rd and 4th arguments, not the bottom right corner coords, so: rect(mouseX,mouseY,10,10); is probably more what you're looking for.

Ravagence YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 4	Re: Coordinates adding and subtracting HELP Reply #2 - Aug 14th, 2009, 6:21am   Thanks, and your right on about the measurements of the rectangle, That's exactly it.