dragging a clock pendulum and rotating it manually

[rasha ali]

hello everybody,
i have a problem here i need to let the user rotate the clock pendlum smoothly
i made the pendulum a movieclip , and i put an invisible button over it which is dragged ,and i detect its position after dragging and then rotate the pendulum movie clip the problem is this doesnt go smoothly enough , it looks like the pendelum is jumping, do u have any different suggestions????
THANKS IN ADVANCDE

[BlinkOk]

http://www.nlc.net.au/~oceana/games/circularGuage.swf
http://www.nlc.net.au/~oceana/games/circularGuage.fla
hope this helps

[rasha ali]

Originally posted by BlinkOk
http://www.nlc.net.au/~oceana/games/circularGuage.swf
http://www.nlc.net.au/~oceana/games/circularGuage.fla
hope this helps

THANKS A LOT , THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I NEED

[rasha ali]

what if i need to have two rotating handles each rotating in quarter a circle ( i need it in a sound reflection simulation experiment i have tried to change restrictions but i failed
here is the code , plz help
code of 1st handle, it is in the fourth quadrant

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
		
                     if (rotate == true) {
			f = getRotation();
			n = _rotation+(f-rotation);
			if (Math.abs(n)>165) {
				_rotation = n;
				rotation = f;
			}
		}
		// 
	//}
}

code of 2nd handle, it is in the third quadrant

onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
	//if ((_xmouse<500 && _xmouse>160) && (_ymouse>90) && 
//(_ymouse<240)) {
		
if (rotate == true) {
			f = getRotation();
			n = _rotation+(f-rotation);
			if (Math.abs(n)>-165) {
				_rotation = n;
				rotation = f;
			}
		}
		// 
	//}
}

can i send u the fla ??



[Edited by rasha ali on 08-30-2002 at 05:16 AM]

[BlinkOk]

rasha ali,
the Math.abs() method will remove the sign from the value so you should just check that the angle is within range ie.
for the top left hand quarter;

if (n>-91 && n < 1)

for the top righthand quarter;

if (n>-1 && n < 91)

for the bottom left hand quarter;

if (n>-181 && n < -91)

for the bottom righthand quarter;

if (n>89 && n < 181)

here's an example of the top quarters;
http://www.nlc.net.au/~oceana/games/mirrorGuage.swf
http://www.nlc.net.au/~oceana/games/mirrorGuage.fla
hope this helps
BlinkOk