Need help with rotating around an actor [VIDEO INCLUDED]
NtG
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Hey, im having this problem with rotating my actor around another actor (if you saw my thread, you are already aware that im trying to get sort of a swinging motion) :
I have it so if i press "right" it should rotate counter clockwise, and left rotates clockwise, however, imagine the center of the brick is the origin of a graph, when rotating left it slows down in the 2nd and 4th quandrants, and going right slows down in the 1st and 3rd. I turned gravity off and all that other stuff, I cant figure out whats wrong. Any help?
here's the code i have to keep the actor in constrained to a circle around the brick, and also the object movement:
(keep in circle):
Constrain self.position.Y to "game.Post Y + self.radius *sin(vectorToAngle( self.Position.X - game.Post X , self.Position.Y - game.Post Y ))"
Constrain self.position.X to "game.Post X + self.radius *cos(vectorToAngle( self.Position.X - game.Post X , self.Position.Y - game.Post Y ))"
(to keep the actor pointed towards the brick):
Constrain self.Rotation to self.angle-90
(movement)
if key left is pressed:
accelerate to 134° relative to actor
if key right is pressed:
accelerate to 45° relative to actor
i've noticed that putting the left and right movement at 135 and 45, respectively, makes the movement a little bit smoother than 0° and 180°.
Sorry for reposting the topic, i realized that the "game design" section isnt very active. If I can get this problem fixed, then all of the programming of my game will be pretty much done. It will be all graphics and level design from here on out.
I have it so if i press "right" it should rotate counter clockwise, and left rotates clockwise, however, imagine the center of the brick is the origin of a graph, when rotating left it slows down in the 2nd and 4th quandrants, and going right slows down in the 1st and 3rd. I turned gravity off and all that other stuff, I cant figure out whats wrong. Any help?
here's the code i have to keep the actor in constrained to a circle around the brick, and also the object movement:
(keep in circle):
Constrain self.position.Y to "game.Post Y + self.radius *sin(vectorToAngle( self.Position.X - game.Post X , self.Position.Y - game.Post Y ))"
Constrain self.position.X to "game.Post X + self.radius *cos(vectorToAngle( self.Position.X - game.Post X , self.Position.Y - game.Post Y ))"
(to keep the actor pointed towards the brick):
Constrain self.Rotation to self.angle-90
(movement)
if key left is pressed:
accelerate to 134° relative to actor
if key right is pressed:
accelerate to 45° relative to actor
i've noticed that putting the left and right movement at 135 and 45, respectively, makes the movement a little bit smoother than 0° and 180°.
Sorry for reposting the topic, i realized that the "game design" section isnt very active. If I can get this problem fixed, then all of the programming of my game will be pretty much done. It will be all graphics and level design from here on out.