on a multi-monitor desktop, scrolling is hard

[timo]

i'm playing the game on my right monitor, so i can't edge-scroll to the left. i'd have to move my hands to the arrow keys ... ugh.

may i suggest dragging with the middle mouse button, or with the left mouse button while holding down the space bar?

thanks

[linleyh]

Middle-mouse-button scrolling does make sense. I'll look into it.

[timo]

i just tested it and it works almost perfectly. the only thing i'd still change is to deactivate edge-of-screen scrolling while you're middle-click-dragging :)

[linleyh]

Good point! I've fixed that.

I've also added an init.txt option (add the line
capture_mouse
to init.txt) which may fix the problem with fullscreen on multi-monitor setups; it tries to lock the mouse to the game's display using al_grab_mouse(). I've made this an option rather than the default as some players may prefer the existing behaviour.

[timo]

capture_mouse is a good first step, but it'd be even better if it were only active during parts where accidentally leaving the window is A Bad Thing. During normal gameplay it'd be bad if i accidentally clicked outside the window (because it's common for things i want to click at to move around near the edge of the screen). however, when i'm in a menu (like game type selection, level select, or when i press esc during gameplay) it'd be fine for the mouse to leave the window.

[linleyh]

Okay, that makes sense and shouldn't be hard. Maybe it's time for me to buy another monitor!

[linleyh]

... just adding some code to do this.