How do I rotate the image content not the sprite itself?

Hello.

My game engine is super complicated and I do not want to do the hassle to change the origin from top left to center, as the engine works better with the top left.

So I wonder if I can rotate the animation in center even if the origin is top-left?

The only I can think of is to create three more animations, identical but new orientation and change animation when change direction. But waste of space and cpu.

Any other ideas?

First thought that comes to my mind is use an imagepoint located at wherever you want the center.

Then, to rotate sprite:

-find position of imagepoint relative to layout via imagepointX(), imagepointY()

-now calculate the angle and distance from imagepoint to the origin of the sprite.

-set position of sprite to imagepointX+cos(calculatedAngle+rotationAmount)*calculatedDistance

-do the same for Y, but use Sin() instead of Cos()

-Now rotate the sprite by the same rotationAmount.

oh, I guess that would essentialy change the position of the origin.. so it might not be what you want.

You could maybe use a separate sprite object that doesn't rotate and is invisible, and then use your visible sprite to be allowed to rotate.

Would do it this way:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4x3m8wxkx8dn7 ... .capx?dl=0

Thank you for replies!