A few basic questions..

#1 Wlecome aboard :)

1. AFAIK the .setPivotPoint isn't in place yet. Moving the pivot point of an object requires a recalcuation of physics based on where the object is now rotating, and I think that's scheduled for a later release. You can fake it by adding a dummy object to your scene and mounting your sprite to the dummy object with the required offset. Then when you rotate the dummy sprite you will get the effect you're looking for. It just requires a slight shift in your game as the player is effectively controlling the invisible dummy object rather than the player sprite directly.

There was a thread/resource that demonstrated this using the image of a hammer and setting a dummy sprite so that the hammer rotated around the handle but I can't seem to find that thread for you.

2. Must be because it's early, but I'm not sure what you mean here. Do you want to slowly build up the rotation rate as the player holds the key down? If so, you could try something like this:

// turns clockwise
function turnCW()
{
	$plane.setAngularVelocity( $planeTurnRate );
	$planeturn=true;
	planeTurnSched();
}

// turns anti-clockwise
function turnCCW()
{
	$plane.setAngularVelocity( -$planeTurnRate );
	$planeturn=true;
	planeTurnSched();

}

// stop turning CW
function planeTurnStopCW()
{
	if ( $plane.getAngularVelocity() > 0 )
	{
		$plane.setAngularVelocity( 0 );
		$planeturn=false;
	}
}

// stop turning CCW
function planeTurnStopCCW()
{
	if ( $plane.getAngularVelocity() < 0 )
	{
		$plane.setAngularVelocity( 0 );
		$planeturn=false;
	}
}

// plane turn scheduler
function planeTurnSched()
{   
	if($planeturn)   
	{      
		$plane.setLinearVelocityPolar(($plane.getRotation()+90),$planeSpeed);      
		//Every 1/10 second apply thrust      
		schedule(100, 0, "planeTurnSched");   
	}
}

This code is ripped from one of my early projects in which the plane moves from right to left and the keys just rotate the player around in a circle, and they have no control over their forward speed.

In your actionmap you call turnCW and turnCCW on key down, and the relevant stop function on key up.

Hopefully that's of some use or helps point you in the right direction.

#2 1. Ah, makes sense, even though it's a little wierd you can't adjust the pivot point on a standard sprite.

2. Actually, the rotation works fine; it's scaling I don't know how to handle. There is no autosize function like there is for rotation, and no setSizeVelocity function. Basically, I want to scale my object up in one axis while the user presses a key..

#3 For your 3rd question, I recommend to visit www.sickheadgames.com, and see if their product "torsion" is fit for your needs.

Hong Jin