How do I make a sprite rotate after my touch/mouse angle?

Hello,

I have a sprite with the drag and drop behavior. Everything is working as it should but I want my sprite to rotate, following my mouse/touch angle. I want my sprite (a little monster) to always look in the direction where I touch.

I tried this method: DragDrop is dragging -> Sprite - Set angle to angle(Sprite.X, Sprite.Y, Touch.X, Touch.Y) degrees but it will only move once, it will not update its angle if I keep touching and I change this angle.

Look at this game for example, so you can understand better: coolgames.com/en/spinytom.html.

Thank you in advance!

You almost do it right, just add another condition: System > Every tick

If it works, please tell me

Thanks for your response.

Unfortunately, I already tried that with no success. Still waiting for another idea.

Could you show me your capx?

Nothing too fancy in this file.

dropbox.com/s/mnjillgk1f9budy/Drag_drop.capx

Small update. DragDrop is dragging -> Sprite - Set angle to angle(Sprite.X, Sprite.Y, Touch.X, Touch.Y) degrees condition is working fine, as that angle will never change until I modify the angle between the touch and my sprite.

I need something else but I don't know how to implement. I just want this sprite to look after my mouse cursor/touch direction.

ionutzm05 - I think you need to look at the angle between where the Sprite was and where it is now (drag angle) instead of the angle between the Sprite and the Mouse/Touch.

Here is an example capx r206

Note 1: I rotate towards the angle (using dt) instead just setting the angle to avoid too much flickering

Note 2: I flip the Sprite when angled left (90 to 270) so that it isn't upside down

Note 3: On drop I return to angle 0

Thank you! This is what I was looking for.

I have problem that is connected to that behaviour.. my object (arm) is pinned to another object (body) because I want to rotate arms and legs by mouse move

and has event:

DragDrop is dragging -> Sprite - Set angle to angle(Sprite.X, Sprite.Y, Mouse.X, Mouse.Y)

it is working.. but it is flickering

Dragot: Post your capx, and perhaps even create your own topic.

Showing your code is always critical as it helps recreating your issue quickly and knowing where we start from.

Here is my playground:I have to say that I "meet" construct few days ago and I'm just trying to understand how it works and what can be done with it.. I like it so far

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I got message: Dragot is not yet permitted to post plain text URLS (300 rep required)...

so the file is on dropbox:

https www dropbox com/s/km9kcub936ea17i/Simbra.capx?dl=0