curveTo

[ronthema]

Hey all, just looking for some direction here.

I am working on a driving game, and the part in question here is how I am going to animate the road. It is a first person perspective, and I would like the player to see the road curving in front of him.

I figure I have two choices, either create a movie clip which contains a bunch of different views of the road, from straight and then a bunch of different frames which show varying degrees of curves left and right, and I can just instruct the clip to show a different frame whenever I want to curve.

OR

I can create a loop which uses curveTo. I am a bit foggy on this one. Is curveTo only used for drawing a line? Or can I use curveTo to curve an existing object? This would seem to be the preferable method as the curve of the road would look more smooth.

Any other ideas?

Thanks!
Ron

[senocular]

curveTo is only for drawing, not manipulating what already exists. You could draw the entire road with curveto if you wanted, though that might get a little tricky.

curveTos basically just draws a curved line between 2 points. The line thickness can be determined in code as well as whether or not a fill is created from those lines.