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HellsDevilDog
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Posted: 18th Sep 2011 11:19
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Probably a noob question, but I'd like to know if there's a way to reset mouseZ to 0, thanks for any help

Here's my current method of making MouseZ stay within a certain range of numbers, But I'd just like to know if there's a method to just set MouseZ() to 0.

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Sasuke
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Posted: 18th Sep 2011 12:15
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You can't, it's needed to track the current depth of mousez. I would suggest using mousemovez, which returns the rate of change in mousez, otherwise returns 0. Example:

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IanM
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Well, although DBPro doesn't provide a way to reset it, you can arrange it yourself:


Basically, when you grab the mousez() value, you subtract a previously snapshotted value at the same time. When you reset, you simply set the snapshotted value to the same value as mousez().

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Jeff Miller
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Posted: 18th Sep 2011 19:43
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Hmm. I asked the same question 6 years ago. Same answer basically. If another six years goes by with no update to DBP that resets mouseZ(), I'm going to suspect that it will never come about.

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Pincho Paxton
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Well you will already have a do loop, so the 3 line solution surely isn't much hassle.

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Green Gandalf
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Posted: 18th Sep 2011 22:18
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Quote: "If another six years goes by with no update to DBP that resets mouseZ()"


Er? Exactly when should DBPro reset it - and to what value? Automatic resetting to zero each sync, for example, sounds like a recipe for disaster. IanM's solution makes more sense to me.
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Jeff Miller
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Posted: 18th Sep 2011 23:02 Edited at: 18th Sep 2011 23:25
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DBP already resets Z automatically to whatever the last change has moved it to since the wheel was first moved, just like the x and y values are continually set to their current position based upon the last move of the mouse. I would regard it as useful to allow me to intentionally reset the Z value to a new start value, which would usually be zero, in the Position Mouse command. That command allows you to reset X and Y to new start values, but not Z. It only causes a reset of X and Y to the specified new start values when you execute the command. Z could be an optional 3rd argument.
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Diggsey
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Posted: 19th Sep 2011 01:05 Edited at: 19th Sep 2011 01:06
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Just use mousemovez(). You can't expect to have EVERYTHING handed to you on a plate, but DBPro gives you most stuff.

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