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28th May, 2013 at 28/05/2013 13:22:04 -

Hi

I've found the circular movement on MMF2

It doesn't seem to be very useful as you seem to have to define a centre for the circle in the level editor, and can't do so on the fly

How can I have an object moving in a circle, with a centre I can choose/change?

Certainly doesn't have to be with this movement - I have a hunch that some trigonometry might be involved?

 
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28th May, 2013 at 28/05/2013 14:52:42 -

You have to add the Clickteam Movement Controller object to the frame to change the parameters of that movement. Take a look at it and see if it suits your needs.

 

  		
  		

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28th May, 2013 at 28/05/2013 15:26:49 -

Thanks! I'll give it a go

also, I'm trying this:

http://inventwithpython.com/blog/2012/07/18/using-trigonometry-to-animate-bounces-draw-clocks-and-point-cannons-at-a-target/

Trying to translate it from python. Somehow can't get it to work

Here's the relevant bit:

# draw blue ball
xPos = math.cos(step) * AMPLITUDE
yPos = -1 * math.sin(step) * AMPLITUDE
pygame.draw.circle(DISPLAYSURF, BRIGHTBLUE, (int(xPos) + WIN_CENTERX, int(yPos) + WIN_CENTERY), 20)

[...blah blah blah]

step += 0.02
step %= 2 * math.pi


So the way I figure it is this (I'm using an alterable value in place of the variable 'step' here):


Start of Frame:
set Alt Val A of [OBJECT] to 0.2

Every [so often]:
set x position of [OBJECT] to cos(Alt Val A of [OBJECT]) * [let's say 50]
set y position of [OBJECT] to -1 * sin (Alt Val A of [OBJECT]) * [let's say 50]
add 0.2 to Alt Val A of [OBJECT]
set Alt Val A of [OBJECT] to (Alt Val A [OBJECT] mod 2)*pi


This is actually bouncing up and down in a vaguely sine-wavey way (though very jerkily), but not moving in the irection at all.

What am I missing?

 
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28th May, 2013 at 28/05/2013 17:09:02 -

OK
I've narrowed down the problem a bit, by fixing some mistakes in my code

For now I'm just trying to draw a sine wave

add 0.02 to Alt Val A

set Alt Val A to (Alt Val A) mod (2*[pi])


This part is yielding the expected results

The part which DOESN'T work is
Sin(Alt Val A)*100


Rather than the expected rising-and-falling output, it's just producing a steadily rising number

The python equivalent (AFAICT) behaves correctly:

math.sin(VARIABLE)*100



 
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28th May, 2013 at 28/05/2013 19:54:21 -

I see multiple problems with your code.
First MMF 2 uses degrees not radians, so change 2*pi to 360.

Also remove the "add" action and just do:
set Alt Val A to (Alt Val A + 0.02) mod (360)


The "add" action isn't really useful anymore and is more or less there for compatibility with knp.

Now

sin(alt Val A)*100

should return a sine wave assuming you don't modify "alt Val A" at any other point in the application.

Edited by UrbanMonk

 
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28th May, 2013 at 28/05/2013 20:19:53 -


Originally Posted by -UrbanMonk-
I see multiple problems with your code.
First MMF 2 uses degrees not radians, so change 2*pi to 360.

Also remove the "add" action and just do:
set Alt Val A to (Alt Val A + 0.02) mod (360)


The "add" action isn't really useful anymore and is more or less there for compatibility with knp.

Now

sin(alt Val A)*100

should return a sine wave assuming you don't modify "alt Val A" at any other point in the application.



Thanks - very useful information, esp the bit about degrees as opposed to radians.

the 0.02 definitely has to be changed and - we have a beautiful sine wave!

Thankyou very much.

 
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31st May, 2013 at 31/05/2013 02:33:51 -

if anyone's interested, this started out as a way of helping a ghost to move in my game, but has turned into this somewhere along the way: http://www.jameswhedges.com/digital/turtlemandalas.html
(warning large image files)

Edited by jamesh

 
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