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On 8/10/2006 at 2:05 PM Paul Steven wrote:
>I have written some code to move some stars in a circle.
>
>This is a snippet of the code:
>
>vStar_Object._x = (Math.cos((vStar_Object.circlePos/180)*Math.PI))*160 +
>vStar_Object.centerX;
> vStar_Object._y =
>(Math.sin((vStar_Object.circlePos/180)*Math.PI))*160 +
>vStar_Object.centerY;
>
>
> vStar_Object.circlePos =
>vStar_Object.circlePos + vStar_Object.speed;
>
>
>if (vStar_Object.circlePos == 360) {
> vStar_Object.circlePos = 0;
>}
>
>if (vStar_Object._alpha < 100) {
> vStar_Object._alpha +=1;
>}
>
>This seems to work just fine.
>
>Anyway I need to change this so they move in an oval shape (like an egg on
>its side)
>
>Not being a mathematics expert I wondered if anyone can suggest how I can
>amend my code to do so.
>
>Thanks
>
>Paul
>
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