follow the cursor... but not all the way!

[drkknght]

im trying to create an animation that features a movie clip following the mouse cursor. the further the cursor is, the faster the movie clip moves towards it.

however, i do NOT want the MC to go all the way to the cursor.

rather, id like to have it contained within a specific area (meaning it can only travel so far towards the mouse cursor, before it is completely halted).

the current code i have (which does not stop the MC at a point, like i'd like it to) is as follows:

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
//x movement
 mx=_root._xmouse;
 if (mx<_x) {
 dx=_x-mx;
 }
 else {
 dx=mx-_x;
 }
 moveSpeedx=dx/10;
 if (mx<_x) {
 _x=_x-moveSpeedx;
 }
 else {
 _x=_x+moveSpeedx;
 }
//y movement
 my=_root._ymouse;
 if (my<_y) {
 dy=_y-my;
 }
 else {
 dy=my-_y;
 }
 moveSpeedy=dy/10;
 if (my<_y) {
 _y=_y-moveSpeedy;
 }
 else {
 _y=_y+moveSpeedy;
 }
}

i have the action applied to the MC.

how can i alter it to get the MC to stop at a certain point?

thanks,