[RESOLVED] Rotation problem

[Tswanny]

hello all,
I have an arrow that will point to your cursor, what I want it to do is rotate freely until I mouse over, and then rotate freely if i mouse off of it


here is the free rotation code on the arrow

arrow.onEnterFrame = function ()
{
    arrow._rotation = arrow._rotation + 5;	
};

and here is the code on the center of rotaion

onClipEvent (mouseMove) {
	x=this._xmouse;
	y=this._ymouse*-1;
	angle = Math.atan(y/x)/(Math.PI/180);
	if(x<0){angle+=180}
	if(x>=0&&y<0){angle+=360}
	_root.angletext=angle;
	_root.arrow._rotation=angle*-1;
	updateAfterEvent();}

please i could really use some help here

[moagrius]

not exactly sure what you want to have happen, but immediately the mousemove jumps to mind. mousemove happens all the time, whether the mouse is over the element or not. so the mousemove is going to override the enterframe at all times. if you're trying to have the mousemove function only fire when the mouse is over the arrow, try setting the mousemove in a rollover, like so:

arrow.onRollOver = function(){
this.onMouseMove =function(){
//... whatever you're doing
};
};
arrow.onRollOut = function(){
delete this.onMouseMove;
}; 

also - don't use clip events. assign handles like i did in the example above, like you did with the enterframe.

[Tswanny]

thanks for the reply it was a huge help;
but now i canot get it to start rotating again after i mouse out here is my code now

arrow.onEnterFrame = function ()
{
    arrow._rotation = arrow._rotation + 5;	
};
arrow.onRollOver = function(){
delete arrow.onEnterFrame;
delete this.onRollOut;
this.onMouseMove =function(){
x=Rotate._xmouse;
	y=Rotate._ymouse*-1;
	angle = Math.atan(y/x)/(Math.PI/180);
	if(x<0){angle+=180}
	if(x>=0&&y<0){angle+=360}
	_root.angletext=angle;
	_root.arrow._rotation=angle*-1;
	updateAfterEvent();
};
};
arrow.onRollOut = function(){
	delete this.onMouseMove;
	arrow._rotation = arrow._rotation + 5;	
};

ok i think the delete code is wrong but im not sure

[moagrius]

at a guess, try this:

arrow.onEnterFrame = function (){
    this._rotation += 5;    
};
arrow.onRollOver = function(){
delete this.onEnterFrame;
this.onMouseMove =function(){
x=Rotate._xmouse;
    y=Rotate._ymouse*-1;
    angle = Math.atan(y/x)/(Math.PI/180);
    if(x<0){angle+=180}
    if(x>=0&&y<0){angle+=360}
    _root.angletext=angle;
    this._rotation=angle*-1;
    updateAfterEvent();
};
};
arrow.onRollOut = function(){
    delete this.onMouseMove;
this.onEnterFrame = function (){
        this._rotation += 5;    
}; 
}; 

[Tswanny]

moagrius your a life saver, thanks!

[moagrius]