lineto problem/question

[sonicfire]

do lineto and pixel drawing operations only work within canvas actors?
cant i just create a normal actor and let him draw a line??

i tried this within a normal actor:

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(Draw Actor:)

moveto(xscreen,yscreen); // or just x, y??
setpen(255,255,255,0,2);
lineto(0,128);


Shouldn´t this draw a line from the actor position down 128 pixels?
I cant see any line

[makslane]

You can only use canvas actors.
The coordinates are relative to the actor, so, if you need to draw something in screen coordinate, like the mouse position, use the screen_to_actor function:

Draw a vertical white line:

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setpen(255,255,255,0,2);
moveto(0, 0); //Left up corner
lineto(0,128);

Draw a white point at mouse coordinates:

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setpen(255,255,255,0,2);
screen_to_actor(&xmouse,&ymouse); //get mouse coordinates
moveto(xmouse,ymouse); //move pen to mouse coordinates
lineto(xmouse, ymouse);

[sonicfire]

and again : thank you very much!