Hand tool on a 2D plane

[anon49751498]

Hello, I'm trying to do a simple 2D "hand tool". I got it working but I accidentally deleted something I thought was obsolete. As it turns out, my first try was a stroke of luck, since I haven't been able to make it work again.

I experience a bug where the camera flickers when i try to drag. I'm sure I'm not the first person to do a drag script (maybe the biggest n00b tho), but i cannot find any other documentation on this. Any input would be appreciated.

//SCROLL
var camCurrent : Vector3;   //static camera position
var pressedPosDif : Vector3; // difference between pressed and moved
var pressedPos: Vector3; //starting coordinates for button hold
var pressed:boolean = false; //is the button held?

//INITIATE
function Start(){
    camCurrent=camera.main.transform.position;
}

//UPDATE

function Update () {
    if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0)) {
        pressedPos = (Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition));
        pressed = true;
        mouseCheck();
    }
}

function mouseCheck () {
    while (pressed) {
    pressedPosDif=pressedPos-(Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(Input.mousePosition));
    Camera.main.transform.position=camCurrent+pressedPosDif;
    yield;
    if (Input.GetMouseButtonUp(0)) {
    camCurrent=Camera.main.transform.position;
            pressed = false;
        }
    }
}

[anon16733337]

This seems like more work than you need.

Why not do something like:

MouseTranslate.js (Attached to the camera)

var scale : float = 0.2f
function Update() {
    if(Input.GetMouseButton(0)) {
        transform.position -= transform.right * Input.GetAxis("Mouse X") * scale;
        transform.position -= transform.up * Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y") * scale;
    }
}

For more precise movement, you could do some screen point converson:

MouseDragPosition.js (Attached to the camera)

var planeDistance : float = 10.0f;
private var dragPoint : Vector3 = Vector3.zero;
function Update() {
    var screenPoint : Vector3 = camera.ScreenToWorldPoint(Vector3(
                                    Input.mousePosition.x,
                                    Input.mousePosition.y,
                                    planeDistance));
    if(Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0)) dragPoint = screenPoint;
    else if(Input.GetMouseButton(0)) transform.position += dragPoint-screenPoint;
}