Rotating relative to another object

freshfish

Hello,
I am trying to get an object to rotate around a center point (think earth around the sun or a merry go round).
There isnt a "rotate relative to object" only relative to scene or itself. Not sure how to do this as my geometry skills were enough to get me an A in high school but those days are long gone
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
Freshfish

RThurman

I just did a google search and found quite a few threads on things like this. Here is one:
http://forums.gamesalad.com/discussion/40511/make-wheel

RThurman

Download and study the demo in that thread. It has several actors rotating around a central actor.

freshfish

Thanks so much..but when I do that with more than one actor, the actors end up rotating on top of each other. I couldnt figure out how to get 2-3 actors in different spots rotate...

freshfish

Oh wow! I didnt notice the demo file...I stopped at the formula presented at the top
THANK YOU so much as that is exactly what I needed...still not quite understanding the math but am getting it to work ))

RThurman

Glad its going to work for you!