Orbiting an object around another object?

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Yodaman Jer

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Posted: 24th Dec 2011 19:38 Edited at: 24th Dec 2011 20:16

Hi guys,

I've tried everything I can think of, but unfortunately my lack of math skills has proved to be a nuisance in this case.

I want to rotate an object around a certain area, somewhat similar to the buzzy electric monsters in Super Mario 64 (links to a video showing what I mean). In other words, an orbiting object. I just can't figure out how to offset the object's orientation to do this!

I've tried everything from creating a hidden object, rotating said object, and positioning the object (a sphere) I want to rotate to the hidden object's angle, but it gives me bizarre results. The sphere pops in and out of existence.

So, does anyone know of a way to do this successfully? Code examples would be greatly appreciated but are not necessary. Just tell me the technique and I'll see if I can figure it out!

Thanks,
Yodaman Jer

EDIT:

Ahh jeeze, I found the "Offset Limb" command. It works like a charm.

Disregard this question as I have found my answer! And it was much easier than I thought.

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Posted: 24th Dec 2011 20:19

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Well just for the record, if you don't want it to be a limb but an object positioned, this is what you'd do:

x# = cos(angle)*radius + CenterPosX
y# = whatever
z# = sin(angle)*radius + CenterPosZ

position object OrbitObj , x# , y# , z#

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