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ELC_Games
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18th August, 2010 at 07:37:30 -
Lately, I've been trying my hand at some of the more advanced parts of the event editor, specifically the Expression Editor. Thanks to Sketchy's list of formulas, I was able to break down and understand some of the basic trig.
I came across a small problem while trying to use one of the formulas to create an orbiting moon, though.
This was the equation given for setting the angle of the moon: Angle + (360 / (2 * Pi * Distance / Speed))
I'm not entirely sure what to enter for the "Distance" part of the equation. I looked back and tried to use the Pythagoras' theorum method, and even tried to use the Advanced Direction Object, but I'm still pretty stumped.
Does anyone know a surefire equation for calculating the distance between two objects?
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Sketchy
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18th August, 2010 at 09:02:50 -
DistanceAB = Sqr(((X("A")- X("B")) pow 2)+((Y("A")- Y("B")) pow 2))
The other formula, you would say:
+ Always
-> Moon: AngleFrom = AngleFrom + (360 / (2 * 3.142 * Distance / Speed))
-> Moon: X = X("Planet") + (Cos(AngleFrom("Moon")) * Distance)
-> Moon: Y = Y("Planet") - (Sin(AngleFrom("Moon")) * Distance)
All it really does is convert a linear speed into an angular speed - ie. If you want the moon to move a certain number of pixels around a planet, rather than a certain number of degrees.
Distance here is the distance of the moon from the planet that it is orbiting - ie. the radius of the circular orbit. It's a constant that you have to just pick yourself, rather than calculating it.
This is my new favourite formula:
Angle = Angle + max( min(((( ATan2( YA - YB, XB - XA ) - Angle + 540 ) mod 360 ) - 180 ), TurnRate ), -1 * TurnRate )
It rotates "A" towards "B", by up to "TurnRate" degrees - all in one line. 
eg.
// Gradually rotate "Shooter" towards the mouse cursor.
+ Always
-> Shooter: Set Angle to: Angle( "Shooter" )+Max(Min((((ATan2(Y( "Shooter" )-YMouse, XMouse-X( "Shooter" ))-Angle( "Shooter" )+540) mod 360)-180), TurnRate( "Shooter" )), -1*TurnRate( "Shooter" ))
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ELC_Games
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18th August, 2010 at 17:32:40 -
Thanks for the advice Sketchy! I'll try that now.
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ELC_Games
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18th August, 2010 at 17:51:24 -
Okay, now I've got the moon positioned the distance I want it from the planet, but I'm not sure how to make it orbit.
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