Rotate on startDrag () function

Question

how can I make an MC rotate when I use the on (press) with
the this.startDrag() function? I have tried many different ways of
doing this, but all that happens is... nothing at all. I've tried
fitting in the _rotation and the rotate command, but all fails.
Please help me. Thanks in advanced.

Answer 1

"DJ Sick Nick" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> how can I make an MC rotate when I use the on (press)
with the
> this.startDrag()
> function? I have tried many different ways of doing
this, but all that
> happens
> is... nothing at all. I've tried fitting in the
_rotation and the rotate
> command, but all fails. Please help me. Thanks in
advanced.
>
assuming the instance name of your draggable mc is "drag_me"
you could do:
drag_me.onPress = function() {
this.startDrag(false);
//Not necessary, but may give you some values to help with
rotation
below.
// These are just the values of the cursor when you first
press the
button.
var startX:Number = _root._xmouse;
var startY:Number = _root._ymouse;
this.onMouseMove = function() {
//Again, not necessary, but now you can compare the values
of the
start and current every frame.
var currentX:Number = _root._xmouse;
var currentY:Number = _root._ymouse;
//maybe use the differences between currentX and startX (and
Ys) to
do some rotation.
this._rotation = ..... ? ......
drag_me.onRelease = function() {
stopDrag();
this.onMouseMove = undefined;
or, if you just want it to start rotating, regardless of
position, you could
try:
drag_me.onPress = function() {
this.startDrag(false);
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
this._rotation += 1;
drag_me.onPress = function() {
stopDrag();
delete this.onEnterFrame;
Please note, no code above has been tested.
SMB