it's also very extensive for what i want to do - mine is for a banner to look nice
a On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 6:25 PM, Todd Kerpelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I know you could do something like this very easily using a physics > engine like Box2D (http://box2dflash.sourceforge.net/), but the "very > easily" part only kicks in after you spend several hours converting your > entire application to using a third party physics engine. > > If you're just trying to do some more basic faux-gravity rotation, there's > probably simpler ways of doing it. If I were gonna fake it and I had a > simple shape like a rectangle to work with, I might esimate what portion of > the sprite was to the left and the right of my cursor, use that to apply a > little force to some internal _angularVelocity variable, and then combine > that with the MatrixTransfrmer.rotateAroundInternalPoint method to rotate > my > object around the mouse cursor. But I can't promise you that'll necessarily > look any good, though. That's just a guess. > > --T > > > On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 10:12 AM, allandt bik-elliott (thefieldcomic.com) < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So I guess what i'm trying to get at is that I'd like to apply gravity > and > > momentum to an objects angle rather than directly to their y axis > > > > anyone have any ideas? > > > > thanks > > a > > > > -------------------------------------- > > > > > > hi guys > > > > could anyone point me in the right direction to do the following, please? > > > > I'd like an object that is dragged to correctly respond to being pulled > > around by pivoting around the point it is dragged by (also applying > > downward > > force to represent gravity) > > > > for example, if i hold a pencil lightly at one end, it will pivot around > > the > > point i am holding and swing until it comes to a rest pointing straight > > down. > > > > does anyone know of any tutorials that go into this kind of thing? > > > > thanks for your help > > a > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
