Rotate on MouseClick?

Ing3nu

Happy Weekend Everybody!

I am trying to get my box (which now has passable holes, thanks to JackBQuick and EAguirre) to rotate 90deg when it receives a mouseclick or touch.

Thus far I am having no luck. I have placed a rule that first defines "on touch" and then a "rotate to position" in the box actor but it does not seem to function when I try it out in the preview.

So my first question is, should the rule be in the actor itself (the box is created by having a procedural actor spawn 6 small "pips") or should it be more general and elsewhere in the scene?

My second question is, do I need to have more to it than just a rule defining the touch and the rotation? For example so I need to add some sort of rotation constraint?

Any examples or advice are welcome!

firemaplegames

Hey,

Try Rotate to Angle instead.

In the Box Actor, try this Rule:

Rule
When all conditions are valid:
Touch is Pressed
-----Rotate To Angle: self.Rotation + 90

That SHOULD work. Let us know if it doesn't.

quantumsheep

Hello, and welcome to the forums!

Here's a quick demo - I think it may be what you're after.

http://gamesalad.com/game/play/82153

Hope it helps,

QS

Ing3nu

Hi Quantum Sheep!
This is almost exactly what I need. The problem seems to be that the actor in mine also spawns six little boxes used for collision. The boxes will not rotate with the actor, they stay in the position they were spawned at.
Any ideas?

ORBZ

X=cos(angle)*radius+xOffset
y=sin(angle)*radius+yOffset

Ing3nu

Hi Orbz!
x and y are position? or should I add game attributes

Ing3nu

Here's what I have so far (its up in templates as well if you would like to see how its set up)

http://gamesalad.com/game/play/82217

Orbz, I've tried working with the expressions you gave me, but they seem to lock up the object rotation.

Ing3nu

Okay, I've solved it for the most part. I've updated the template with the solution (so far). I am still having some issues with the collisions (making the pips "moveable" so they would rotate also meant they would spin wildly once hit with the ball).

http://gamesalad.com/game/play/82217

JackBQuick

Maybe something like this?

Rotating Tunnel (Demo)

quantumsheep

JackBQuick said:
Maybe something like this?

Rotating Tunnel (Demo)

Heh - that's a clever solution

Ing3nu

Nice and elegant! Thanks for posting this