# Ive confused myself. Again
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ive-confused-myself-again/3493
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [February 4, 2002, 11:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ive-confused-myself-again/3493 "2002-02-04T23:31:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2002, 11:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ive-confused-myself-again/3493/1 "2002-02-04T23:31:12Z")
Ive got an mc that has this scripting on it,
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
\_y = \_root.\_xmouse;
}
which makes it follow the mouse, but what i need now is for the mc to stop moving when the mouse reaches a certain point on the stage. Could a button and tell target do this?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2002, 11:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ive-confused-myself-again/3493/2 "2002-02-04T23:53:33Z")
Fish,
I don’t know, i am sure it’s possible. I will be listening in on this one as I would like to also know if you can make it stop by a timer or when it gets out of a certain area. I am sure its possible but don’t know how. Perhaps Upuaut or Pom would know the script for that.
pj
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2002, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ive-confused-myself-again/3493/3 "2002-02-05T00:20:37Z")
yell at your computer, or turn it off, then it’ll stop following the mouse.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2002, 12:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ive-confused-myself-again/3493/4 "2002-02-05T00:24:58Z")
hopefully the area you want the mouse to be followed in is a square:
say you wanted the MC to follow the mouse within the range of 100x100 pixels, top left corner of your screen. this would be the script:
onClipEvent(enterFrame) {
if (\_root.\_xmouse \> 0 && \_root.\_xmouse \< 100) {
if (\_root.\_ymouse \> 0 && \_root.\_ymouse \< 100) {
\_x = \_root.\_xmouse;
\_y = \_root.\_ymouse;
}
}
}
that is a very basic script. hopefully you’ll understand what that means.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2002, 12:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ive-confused-myself-again/3493/5 "2002-02-05T00:26:37Z")
what you could also do is take a sledgehammer…or even a simple drill…