Gravity Controls

macmasher

So I'm wanting my gray background with the controls (Not yet triggering anything) To stay in the same position while the camera is flipping along with the main actor. On my actor (unlocked) I have the rules for the camera flip being: scene.Camera.Rotation To: self.Rotation. Its a Constrain Attribute Rule. Please help!

-Timo-

make another layer and uncheck scrollable. place all the actors (the grey background and buttons) in this layer and they should stay on the same place

macmasher

I forgot to say that, I had that already. @timolapre1998

The_Gamesalad_Guru

Not sure if the x and y coordinates change when the camera flips so you might have to interpolate them in reverse direction in sync with the camera. I would do a display text and see if their position y changes during the flip.

UtopianGames

Try using -self.rotation we have made several of these types of templates and there's several ways to do it.

The controls will stay in the same place even though the camera is rotating so for eg if you have a HUD actor at x 100 y 100 the actor will appear to rotate around BUT the actor will still be at x 100 y 100.

Here's some examples with video.

http://www.deepblueapps.com/helicopter-hud-template/

http://www.deepblueapps.com/little-viking/

http://www.deepblueapps.com/rolling-bones/

http://www.deepblueapps.com/fall-fu-template/

Darren.

macmasher

I switched self.rotation to -self.rotation and its not blue anymore and not working. @DeepBlueApps

macmasher

Or its no longer working rather

UtopianGames

Why don't you do a background with the controls already in (like the 1st link i shown you) and unlock the background and do constrain self.rotation to -scene.camera.rotation.

Darren.

macmasher

Alright so I did. Im still new to gamesalad and I'm not totally sure how to do a -. Do I put in scene.camera.rotation then put - in? Thats what I did and it didnt work @DeepBlueApps

-Timo-

No, you first put a - and then scene.camera.rotation.
So -scene.camera.rotation

macmasher

Hm still doesn't work :C

macmasher

Anyone have an idea?

macmasher

I cannot get - to work. @timolapre1998 @DeepBlueApps @FryingBaconStudios

RThurman

Perhaps the example in the following thread will be useful:
http://forums.gamesalad.com/discussion/comment/365058/#Comment_365058