Eye and Mouse experiment

[bounceboy]

I am making one of those things where there's an eye and it is looking at where ever the mouse is.

the making the code isn't a problem...

here it is:

onEnterFrame = function(){
a1 = eye._y-_ymouse;
b1 = eye._x-_xmouse;
angleA1 = Math.atan2(a1, b1);
degrees = angleA1/(Math.PI/180);
setProperty ("eye", _rotation, degrees);
}

i have attempted heaps of times to make it so that instead of having instance names, i can put the code in the movieclip and i won't have to use any instance names.

the reason i want to do this is i will make a whole crowd follow the mouse with their eyes, possibly for the background of a game or even a big part of the game.

anyway if somebody could help me i would really appreciate it and stuff!!!


thank you to anybody who helps!!!


EDIT: wow i have already solved this problem.... look at my code and feel free to use it!

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
a1 = this._y-_root._ymouse;
b1 = this._x-_root._xmouse;
angleA1 = Math.atan2(a1, b1);
degrees = angleA1/(Math.PI/180);
this._rotation = degrees;
}

you have to make an eye that is a normal circle and the eye has to be originally facing left in the movieclip.