Re: [actionstep-core] Rotation

[thomas m. <tho...@gm...>]

the good old method

I thought about somethin more complex where the new center was computed but
this is way better :)

thanks

On 8/31/06, Ray Chuan <rc...@gm...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> maybe you can attach it to another clip.
>
> Say you have a box w by h, which is originally at (x,y). You want the
> centre of rotation to be at (xc,yc). So, attach it to a clip:
>
> daddy_mc.createEmptyMovieClip("kid_mc", daddy_mc.getNextHigestDepth());
> daddy_mc._x = x-xc;
> daddy_mc._y = y-yc;
> kid_mc._x = xc;
> kid_mc._y = xc;
>
> Since the absolute coordinates of the attached clip takes into account
> the coordinates of the parent clip, kid clip appears at the point (x,
> y) but has rotation centre (xc, yc).
>
> To do this in ActionStep your movieclip heirarchy should look like this:
>
> mcBounds
> |- holder
> |- daddy_mc
> |- kid_mc
>
> On 8/31/06, thomas mery <tho...@gm...> wrote:
> > by the way is there a method (im not that good with maths ...) to shift
> the
> > rotation center ? I know there probably is out there but already  built
> in
> > actionstep ?
> >
>
>