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jirko Ex Member	reset initial state after drawing May 3rd, 2010, 11:32am   hi there, i have a little problem and can't find the solution. i have a button in my setup and on mouse over i draw some cubes around them, but once the mouse is not over the button i need to reset the scene. how can i do that? is there a control msg that i'm missing? thanks a lot

PhiLho  YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 4190 Near Paris (France)	Re: reset initial state after drawing Reply #1 - May 3rd, 2010, 2:48pm   You have to manage a state in draw(). For example a boolean bIsMouseOverButton. Then you do something like: Code: if (bIsMouseOverButton) { drawCubes(); } else { drawEmptyScene(); } And of course, manage this state at the start of draw(), checking mouseX / mouseY against the bounds of your button.