Converting ui cordinates into entity cordinates

[Gabrielcmf]

Converting ui cordinates into entity cordinates

[pokepetter]

The easiest is just to create a big quad with a collider and use mouse.world_point. It needs a collider for the mouse ray to hit it.

camera.orthographic = True
plane = Entity(model='quad', color=color.azure, z=10, collider='box', scale=100) # create an invisible plane for the mouse to collide with

def input(key):
    if key == 'left mouse down':
        e = Entity(model='quad', position=mouse.world_point, z=0)

[pokepetter]

What are you trying to do? Is mouse.point maybe what you want? That way you can get the mouse position relative to the entity.

[Gabrielcmf]

What are you trying to do? Is mouse.point maybe what you want? That way you can get the mouse position relative to the entity.

I'm trying to create a "interface" of sorts, so maps can be made mostly without coding, the mouse would be used to create rectangular entities, by clicking in two different spots and using the coordinates to get width, height and the x and y.

I tried using mouse.point and mouse.world.point before, but they always be None, do both of the .point functions always need an object as reference?

[Gabrielcmf]

I will try the above and see if it solves my problem. Also, how does input() work ? Whenever I try to use it I'm always met with and error in the likes of "Name key not defined", while in the api reference and the example above it isn't defined, leaving me confused on how it works

[pokepetter]

Don't forget the key parameter.

Whenever you press a key, ursina tries to call input('the_key_you_pressed') on all the entities and __main__.
For input in __main__ like above you only need def input(key):, and if it's in a class inheriting Entity it's def input(self, key):

[Gabrielcmf]

Ok, now I understand it

[Gabrielcmf]

It's working know, the coordinate conversion is pin point, thank you for you help, I will close the issue now