how do i constrain something to a place no matter the angle?

guilleface

hi in my game i want to have the effect of a guy holding a torch so when the actor is facing 0 degrees the torch is at -20 pixels on the y axis and +20 on the x axis, so this is what i set for the particles coordinates, this work good but when the player changes rotation like to 90,180 or 270 the particles are out of place.

tatiang

This should help: https://forums.gamesalad.com/discussion/29037/free-yourselves-from-the-tyranny-of-center-only-rotations/p2

If not, I can try to come up with the answer, but my trig skills are pretty limited!

RThurman

This is really more of of an orbiting kind of mechanic. (The torch actor is orbiting around the center of the hero actor as it (the hero) rotates). Try doing a search in GameSalad for how to get an actor to orbit around things.