Orbiting Behavior

 

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The first object must me a central object to act as the root for all rotations. To create a central object simply leave the parent name empty. The radius property for a central object is ignored. You can have multiple central objects for multiple 'sets' of orbiting objects. Distances are measured in pixels and angles are measured in degrees.

---------------------------------------- -- Orbiting objects behaviour -- Barry Swan, 28/06/2000 -- gerbil@theburrow.co.uk -- http://www.theburrow.co.uk -- All rights reserved -- Inspired by (although not based upon) -- behaviours by Danial Plaenitz -- dp@lingo.de -- http://www.lingo.de ---------------------------------------- property pName property pParent, pParentSN property pRadius property pSN property pAngle, pSpeed property pRadiansAngle, pRadiansSpeed property pRotate on beginSprite me      pSN = me.spriteNum        tMultiplier = pi() / 180.0   pRadiansAngle = pAngle * tMultiplier   pRadiansSpeed = pSpeed * tMultiplier      pParentSN = sendAllSprites(#mParentSN, pParent)    end on prepareFrame me      if pParent <> "" then          -- Get position of parent object          tpCenter = sprite(pParentSN).loc          -- Calculate new values for object          pRadiansAngle = pRadiansAngle + pRadiansSpeed          tX = sin(pRadiansAngle) * pRadius     tY = cos(pRadiansAngle) * pRadius          -- Draw sprite          if pRotate then       pAngle = pAngle + pSpeed       sprite(pSN).rotation = -pAngle     end if          sprite(pSN).loc = tpCenter + point(tX, tY)       else          -- Treat central object differently          if pRotate then       pAngle = pAngle + pSpeed       sprite(pSN).rotation = -pAngle     end if   end if    end on mParentSN me, tName      -- Return sprite number if this is the correct parent   -- Only correct answers return any data so the return   -- value of 'sendallsprites()' will be correct      if tName = pName then return pSN    end on getPropertyDescriptionList me      -- Set up the properties      tlData = [:]   tlData[#pName] = [#format: #string, #default: "center", #comment: "Name this object:"]   tlData[#pParent] = [#format: #string, #default: "", #comment: "Name of parent object (if any):"]   tlData[#pRadius] = [#format: #float, #default: 0.0, #comment: "Distance from parent object (in pixels):"]   tlData[#pAngle] = [#format: #float, #default: 0.0, #comment: "Starting angle of object (in degrees):"]   tlData[#pSpeed] = [#format: #float, #default: 0.0, #comment: "Rotational velocity per frame (in degrees):"]   tlData[#pRotate] =[#format: #boolean, #default: TRUE, #comment: "Rotate the sprite itself:"]      return tlData    end on getBehaviorDescription me      tText = "[Sprite] Orbiting behaviour." & RETURN & RETURN        tText = tText & "The first object must me a central object to act as the root for all rotations." & RETURN   tText = tText & "To create a central object simply leave the parent name empty." & RETURN   tText = tText & "The radius property for a central object is ignored." & RETURN   tText = tText & "You can have multiple central objects for multiple 'sets' of orbiting objects." & RETURN   tText = tText & "Distances are measured in pixels and angles are measured in degrees." & RETURN & RETURN      tText = tText & "Properties -" & RETURN   tText = tText & "pName" & TAB & "= Name of this object." & RETURN   tText = tText & "pParent" & TAB & "= Name of object this object rotates around." & RETURN   tText = tText & "pRadius" & TAB & "= Distance in pixels from the parent." & RETURN   tText = tText & "pAngle" & TAB & "= Starting angle of this object." & RETURN   tText = tText & "pSpeed" & TAB & "= Rotational velocity of ths object per frame." & RETURN   tText = tText & "pRotate" & TAB & "= Whether to rotate the actual sprite itself." & RETURN & RETURN      tText = tText & "Written by Barry Swan (gerbil@theburrow.co.uk)."      return tText    end