Notch Reference Manual

Mouse Picker

Method

Detects a mouse pressed event and outputs the position of the mouse in either world space or local space.

Attributes

Name Description
Active – Responding To Mouse Toggle whether mouse clicks will be registered or ignored.
Position Plane Which plane the mouse position is calculated for.
  • Local X / Y / Z Plane, Chooses the plane along either the X, Y or Z axis, local to the mouse picker.
  • Camera View Plane, Camera Relative to the X and Y coordinates of the cameras view plane.
Plane Offset Plane offset from the selected Position Plane.
Direction Smoothing How much smoothing is done to changes in the output rotation.
Use Movement Direction As Rotation Toggle whether the movement of the mouse is output as a rotation.

Inputs

Name Description Typical Node Input
Transform Modifier Links all transform properties to the input node. Null
Target Node Always faces the x-axis towards the inputs anchor point. Null
Local Transform Override Override the transformation values of the node, relative to its parent. Null

Outputs

This node outputs an X, Y and Z position as well as rotations if Use Movement Direction As Rotation is enabled. These can be used through parenting a child to the mouse picker, or as inputs into any nodes X, Y, and Z positions.