A different method of rotating actors?

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A different method of rotating actors?

Postby Freddy » Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:30 pm

Is there a way to rotate actors without making all the seperate animations for them? For ex.: say I wanted to have a tank with a barrel that followed the mouse. I would want the "frames" to be as gradual as possible, but making animations for that would take forever. Would it be possible to rotate the actor using GE? (I'll give a point to anyone who can help)
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Re: A different method of rotating actors?

Postby Kalladdolf » Tue Mar 18, 2008 8:32 am

nope.
it's the biggest problem I've ever faced in GE.
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Re: A different method of rotating actors?

Postby Game A Gogo » Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:33 pm

you can use a program that does it for you.
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Re: A different method of rotating actors?

Postby Kalladdolf » Tue Mar 18, 2008 7:35 pm

uh-huh, my problem is that it will take forever to rotate an actor which displays an animation at the same time.
you'd have to make an extra animation for each rotation frame, and use animindex (or what's-it-called?) and this will take for E-V-E-R !
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Re: A different method of rotating actors?

Postby Freddy » Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:06 pm

(Kalladolf) - I know, I wish there was some sort of function that we could use. (has this been talked about in the feature requests?) btw, I'll give you a point anyway.
(game-a-gogo) - What software is this?
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Re: A different method of rotating actors?

Postby Game A Gogo » Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:43 pm

google it, there are plenty
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Re: A different method of rotating actors?

Postby DilloDude » Wed Mar 19, 2008 12:01 am

I generally find the best way of multi-fram rotations is to make each animation a full rotation of one animation frame, rather than a full animation of one rotation frame (if that makes any sense).
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Re: A different method of rotating actors?

Postby Game A Gogo » Wed Mar 19, 2008 12:26 pm

O,,o;
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Re: A different method of rotating actors?

Postby Kalladdolf » Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:47 pm

Freddy wrote:btw, I'll give you a point anyway.

thanks, but... :shock: :oops: lol, I didn't help you, did I? :lol:

DilloDude wrote:(if that makes any sense).

does it? I mean, did you experience that it makes sense?
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Re: A different method of rotating actors?

Postby Freddy » Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:54 pm

No I meant Game a gogo lol! :lol:
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Re: A different method of rotating actors?

Postby Kalladdolf » Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:25 am

hah! :lol:
but somebody gave me a point (dunno the reason) and I assumed that was you!
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