Give this a shot. Planet_mc is the movieclip to be rotated around,
satalite_mc is the one to orbit it.
var _angle:Number = 0;
var _radius:Number = 100;
var _rotationSpeed:Number = 5;
onEnterFrame = function () {
_angle += _rotationSpeed;
var xPos:Number =
(planet_mc_x+Math.cos((_angle*Math.PI)/180)*_radius);
var yPos:Number =
(planet_mc._y+Math.sin((_angle*Math.PI)/180)*_radius);
satalite_mc._x = xPos;
satalite_mc._y = yPos;
};
Daniel Holth
I.S. Programmer
x5217 || J401
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jay
Carlson
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 10:06 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Flashcoders] rotating a movie clip around another movie
clip...
so I'm fairly new to using actionscript for everything in my
flash
and I was wondering if there was a way to rotate a movie clip around
another movie clip that is already rotating. here's the scenario...I
have a "crystal ball" that is floating in a circle thanks to
actionscript. this ball has 2 "light squares" on it to give the
impression of glass/lights/etc...I also have a separate shadow
movieclip on the ground below the ball that I am changing the size
and alpha according to the y position of the ball movieclip (via
actionscript, of course). I want to do the same thing with these
light squares. I'd like to give the effect of when the ball floats
down, the light squares rotate/move up on the ball and vise versa.
this would give the effect that this is just a glass ball floating in
space with overhead lights that are stationary. so that's what I
want to do and maybe it's way too far over my head for now, but I
guess I gotta learn somehow! so...is there a way to rotate/move this
light square movieclip according to the x & y axis of the ball
movieclip? any help would be appreciated...right now, I've been just
copying and pasting code in there and seeing what happens. I'm a
designer and not a math wiz, but I'm slowly learning. thanks!
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