x and y coordinates and angle

[moagrius]

i answered your question in the first part of my reply.

for AS2, properties have an underscore before the name. your code says "rock.x" - it should be "rock._x" - notice the underscore. i'll repaste the corrected code:

onClipEvent(enterFrame){ 
    trace(rock._x); 
    trace(rock._y); 
    } 

for angles, the most simple formula is this:

var TO_RAD = Math.PI/180;
object._x = Math.sin(angle * TO_RAD) * distance;
object._y = Math.cos(angle * TO_RAD) * distance; 

so if you wanted rock to be positioned at 100 pixels 45 degrees from 0, 0, you'd use:

var TO_RAD = Math.PI/180;
rock._x = Math.sin(45 * TO_RAD) * 100;
rock._y = Math.cos(45 * TO_RAD) * 100; 

note that this very simple method will start at the 6 o'clock position and go CCW.

neznein from this board has a nice (and much more informative) post about it here: http://www.calypso88.com/?p=512