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Away3D and Robotlegs : How to have a MouseEvent3D Fired??

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poq2011

16 Feb, 2013 05:13 PM

Hi all

I am trying to use Robotlegs with Away3D. I am using the Robotlegs Away3D 4 integration by Paul Tondeur.

I am trying to have a MouseEvent3D.MOUSE_OVER fired when the mouse is over a 3D Object. I though that registering the event with the following line of code

eventMap.mapListener(object3D, MouseEvent3D.MOUSE_OVER, onMeshMouseOver);

in a class extending the Mediator3D would suffice by apparently it doesn't work

As I am a Robotleg newbie, I must miss something. Would someone have a clue of what I am doing wrong?

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Ondina D.F. on 17 Feb, 2013 11:05 AM

   

   Hi aeki,

   If a mediator has a view injected like this:
   [Inject] public var someView : SomeView;

   and you want to listen to an event dispatched by one of its subcomponents (someSubcomponent), you can do this:
   eventMap.mapListener(view.someSubcomponent, MouseEvent3D.MOUSE_OVER, onMeshMouseOver);

   But, there is a better way to handle such situations. Inside your View, you add a handler for an event like MouseEvent3D.MOUSE_OVER. Within that handler you dispatch a custom event. The mediator adds a listener for that custom event:
   addViewListener(SomeEvent.SOMETHING_HAPPEND, onSomethingHappened, SomeEvent);

   I explained why it is better to use custom events in this post:

   http://knowledge.robotlegs.org/discussions/problems/644-events-bein...

   For robotlegs 2 + awayy3D there is another extension:
   https://github.com/Vj3k0/robotlegs-bender-example-SARS-integration

   Does this help?

   Ondina

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2. 2 Posted by poq2011 on 18 Feb, 2013 06:03 PM

   

   Thanks for quick reply. The second way to do it sounds logical, it should help!

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3. Support Staff 3 Posted by Ondina D.F. on 19 Feb, 2013 11:26 AM

   

   You're welcome!

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4. Ondina D.F. closed this discussion on 19 Feb, 2013 11:26 AM.