Solve my Problem and Win

[Synthlight]

Help me solve my problem with this code and I will release an alpha version of a new concept I am working on.

Here is the code...

onClipEvent (mouseMove) {
x=this._xmouse;
trace("x mouse = "+x);
y=this._ymouse*-1;
trace("y mouse = "+y);
angle = Math.atan(y/x)/(Math.PI/180);
_root.angle = angle;
if(x<0){angle+=180}
if(x>=0&&y<0){angle+=360}
_root.angletext=angle; // set text to show arrow angle
_root.arrow._rotation=angle*-1; // set view of arrow
updateAfterEvent();}

This code figures out the angle of your mouse pointer in relation to a predefined axis. The code works great, no complaints here about the way it is written.

Here is my issue with it:

If you are to the right of the axis, you are at 0 degrees. If you are above the axis you are at 90 degrees. Below and you are at 270 degrees. To the left and you are at 180 degrees.

Make sense? Hopefully yes..

Now, what needs to change is for right to be 0 degrees. above to be 270 degrees. Below to be 90 degrees. Left 180 and right 0 degrees.

Still make sense?

Now change my code to think this way and I will release this mini-concept tomorrow on the site.

Good luck.

Cheers,

Synthlight

[Afrobean]

So basically, you want it to reflect over the x axis?

I'm not familiar with that language, so I can't really help much. All I can add is that to reflect over x axis, you multiply Y by negative 1 I think.

[aperson]

onClipEvent (mouseMove) {
x=this._xmouse;
trace("x mouse = "+x);
y=this._ymouse*-1;
trace("y mouse = "+y);
angle = Math.atan(y/x)/(Math.PI/180);
_root.angle = angle;
if(x<0){angle=-1*angle+180}
if(x>=0&&y>=0){angle=-1*angle+360}
if(x>=0&&y<0){angle=math.abs(angle)}
_root.angletext=angle; // set text to show arrow angle
_root.arrow._rotation=angle*-1; // set view of arrow
updateAfterEvent();}

maybe.

[natetheffrer]

I see >=0

your code is mad.

EDIT: How does this have to do with ffr?

[Afrobean]

Originally Posted by natetheffrer

I see >=0

your code is mad.

greater than or equal to zero

[SqNtz_xoombotvx]

Did you try replacing all the += with -=?

[perkeyone]

im fairly sure if you set the x variable to -x it would work...
or you could change all angles>1 to negative and add 360
im pretty sure i just repeated what some one else said though

[jewpinthethird]

Needs more cosine.

[lord_carbo]

Edit: **** this was a super bump haahahaah

[Magic_V2]

Originally Posted by perkeyone

im pretty sure i just repeated what some one else said though

Then why bump?

[PsYcHoZeRoSk8eR]

I'm pretty sure the poor man's way of dealing with this is to turn the monitor upside down or however it would need to be turned and such. but I doubt that will help here.

[perkeyone]

Originally Posted by Magic_V2

Then why bump?

that was an edit