Rotating

[flaminarrow]

Hey. So I am trying to learn LUA as quick as I can(know only a couple other languages). and I know how to make a object move with the given key input, but I need to know how to move and object left or right while always facing center. So like in a circular motion. Snippets of code are greatly appreciated!

-Thanks.

[BlackBulletIV]

You'll need to find the angle between the object and the centre of the screen. You can do this using math.atan2; I always have a function called math.angle that I keep to do this:

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function math.angle(x1, y1, x2, y2)
  local a = math.atan2(y2 - y1, x2 - x1)
  return a < 0 and a + math.pi * 2 or a
end

The last line is to ensure the result is a positive angle (as atan can return a negative).

Once you've done that, you'll need to pass the two points in, and then rotate the graphic via the desired rotation. You'll probably want to have the object rotating around its centre too; I cover that in my article on draw origins.

[Taehl]

That sounds kind of like a demo called Terus I made with Ensayia. Are you trying for something like this?