no-reply@allegro.cc (nshade) — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 05:42:37 +0000

Man I feel like I'm posting in here every day. I guess if I come in with code and at least try I feel like I'm not bothering you all.

Given this psudocode:

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  1bool debounce = false;
  2while (1)
  3{
  4  if (state.buttons & 1)
  5  {
  6  // Primary (e.g. left) mouse button is held.
  7  printf("Mouse position: (%d, %d)\n", state.x, state.y);
  8  //Hold debounce = true here so it only iterates once?
  9  }
 10
 11  if(ev.type == ALLEGRO_EVENT_MOUSE_BUTTON_UP)
 12  {
 13  //release debounce = false so it can trigger again?
 14  }
 15}

The program will spit out X and Y position for as long as the mouse is down... How Would one "one shot" this so that only one position is captured until the button is lifted.

I think my logic is faulty. I tired a few iterations of this and it didn't seem to work...

EDIT

never mind, my brain is dumb - This is what I'm looking for

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 1al_get_mouse_state(&state);
 2if (event.type == ALLEGRO_EVENT_MOUSE_BUTTON_DOWN)
 3{
 4  printf("Mouse position: (%d, %d)\n", state.x, state.y);
 5}

no-reply@allegro.cc (Edgar Reynaldo) — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 11:33:17 +0000

Hello nshade,

Don't mix state and events like that. Use one or the other (events).

Look at the classic event loop on the wiki :

https://wiki.allegro.cc/index.php?title=Allegro_5_API_Tutorials

https://wiki.allegro.cc/index.php?title=Allegro_5_Tutorial/Events

Debouncing a mouse click?

EDIT