Gmae help

[KIERIOSHIMOTO]

Im working on this game, im not gonna say much about but i do need help with this,

ive got my guy rigged to move with the directional keys but i need a form of rotation, i was thinkink like this swf attached accept instead of using the directional keys i want to use the mouse

[KIERIOSHIMOTO]

so pretty much what im trying to say is, i want my mc to rotate acording to my mouse, so where every the mouse faces , my mc is facing that way aswell

[Rainman]

Hey there Kierioshimoto,

I found the following.

First make sure your gunturret is turned to the right. Apparently this is important for the script to work properly.

Add this action to the MC:


onClipEvent(load){

X = this._x;
Y = this._y;

}
onClipEvent(mouseMove){

Xm = _parent._xmouse;
Ym = _parent._ymouse;

Xdiff = Xm - X;
Ydiff = Ym - Y;

radAngle = Math.atan2(Ydiff , Xdiff);

this._rotation = radAngle*360/(2*Math.PI);
updateAfterEvent();
}



First, the onClipEvent(load) action calculates the original position of the clip in X and Y variables.
Each time the mouse is moved (onClipEvent(mouseMove)), the following actions are executed:

First of all, the mouse position is recorded in two variables, Xm and Ym. Then the difference between these and the original position of the clip is calculated, and stored in Xdiff and Ydiff. The (0,0) , (0, Xdiff) and (Xdiff , Ydiff) points form a right angle rectangle, so the angle between the positive side of the X axis and the mouse is simply calculated with an 'arc tan' function. This rotation is translated from rads to degrees, and this is the angle that's finally applied. To keep everything smooth, an updateAfterEvent() action is added; this way, the clip can follow the mouse at 60 fps, even if the movie is set at 12 fps.

[KIERIOSHIMOTO]

i found that too but look at my swf, i want him to stay in one spot

[Rainman]

I think you have to place the pivot point in the center of your MC... can you post the fla file?

[KIERIOSHIMOTO]

i tried that but here it is

[Rainman]

Here it is, not perfect yet, but with a little work you'll be able to keep it in the ecaxt same place. You should first create the sphere, then make sure the pivot point is in the center and then create the arms.

game.fla (http://www.rainman.nl/swiftdev/game.fla)

[KIERIOSHIMOTO]

thanx man but could u set me an example of how to equip one on the guns in the library to the mc, or just write a little tut 4 me on it
? that'd b great

[KIERIOSHIMOTO]

can u attach it to ur message (the game.fla) ur site wont work fore me
be back in a few minute im having a shower

[Rainman]

Well, I don't have a lot of knowledge about gaming and AI so maybe someone else can help you with that....

Attached the file now :D

[KIERIOSHIMOTO]

ok thanx 4 ur help anyway dude