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I do not know if it will make any difference or if yours is set or not; but, if the checkbox at the top of your Java security settings tab that allows java content in your browser is not checked, try checking it.

It works, thanks a lot danpost :) o7

Was this just a curiosity question, or was there a specific reason for asking it? and if there was, why? that is, what is it you were hoping to accomplish once the acquired filepath/name was acquired?

Since your issues are connected to each other, you don't have to open two discussion threads for that. If your crossroad has exactly horizontal and vertical streets, you can check for the lines without having the lines as an object. If you want to do it as an object, you can check for collision with the line like you do with other cars (check the other discussion thread). If not, it will be something like this: if, after moving the additional dx, the x-position of the car which comes from the left side is greater than the x-position of the left line, or the x-position of the car which comes

How I do it in my Traffic Simulation 2 simulation, is that I simply move the car more than it actually drives (+dx) and check for collision. So I can see if there is another car in front of it and if yes, it should brake. Then move back the distance that it moved "too much" (-dx).

This shows what you can do.

You will need three values -- one for the minimum delay (measured in act cycles) between shots and another for the maximum delay. The third value will be for the timer itself and will be an instance field in the class (the other two values can also be made fields if desired as follows:

You cannot compare literal strings with field values like as in lines 5 and 9. You will always get a false result in the comparison as the literal String object is not the same object as the one referenced by the field. You need to compare the contents of the String objects, not the objects themselves. This is done by use of the 'equals' method. For example, line 5 should be: <Code Omitted>

@Danpost, I managed to do it using a globally-defined variable in a world previous to the one in which I needed the variable.

That might work too. I have two classes that need to use this painting technique; I may try both to see which one would work better for this purpose.

all working now, thanks

thanks for helping out