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Lets say i have a sprite of a top down view of a car.

Could i make it so that when you press th keypad right, it slowly turns on an angle?

ive heard of the command, TA (turn angle), pr would you have to do it manually? like

up = 1
if inkey$ = "r" then
1 = 1 SIN 45

oh i dunno, you know what i mean. i was thinking like this
the numbers r just pixels, perhaps i would load the image where the pixels along the X axis of the image get moved across right + 1.
And the pixels along the Y get moved down +1 or something like that (just say the car is 9,9).

so the car is then like this :
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ok sorry the diagram turned out crap when i posted, just look at the lines, and imagine the numbers r lined up.

to move an object n degrees from its current position:

x = x + cos(n) * howfar
y = y + sin(n) * howfar

using trig you can translate a point, but to actually rotate a sprite is exceedingly difficult and slow. Either use a lib that comes with a command for it, or else manually make 16 or 32 directional sprites.

I recommend just preparing a number sprites in different orientations.

thanks guys, but even having the sprites on different angels will take up too much space.

thanks anyways

Well, but it is better for aesthetic. If you rotate a sprite without any filtering (bilinear/trilinear and stuff) your graphics will end all screwed. Probably your car won't look as a car if you rotate it 20º. I'd draw all the frames by hand.

agreed. that or use a library, it's your only option (though in some rare cases [star wrek] you can pull it off if you dont have much else going on the back)

Quote:thanks guys, but even having the sprites on different angels will take up too much space.

thanks anyways

btw- The TA thing you were asking about will work if you use DRAW commands for your sprites... ie, vector gfx (like ol' battlestar)

Like this:



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