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is sprites position relative to itself always dead center?

by rennie moffat · in Torque Game Builder · 05/27/2010 (8:40 am) · 5 replies

is there a way to adjust the players position relative to itself? In other words make the players position be called from another point in the sprite other than dead center?


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    Torque Owner RollerJesus
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    #1
    05/27/2010 (9:25 am)
    I'm quite sure that a sprite's position is set using the top left corner of the sprite.

    Am I misunderstanding the question?

    Torque Owner rennie moffat
    Renman3000
    #2
    05/27/2010 (9:53 am)
    oh really? I always thought it was dead center. ANyhow, it is not a big deal, but if I could set it to any offset I wanted, easily, in the editor, that would be a neat, handy feature. Sort point. What is that exactly? I thought that might be it, but it is not. ANyhow, no worries either way. And no you did not misunderstand the question.



    Cheers.



    Torque 3D Owner Daniel Balmert
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    #3
    05/27/2010 (2:09 pm)
    Rotation is called from the middle point.

    If you're setting a position, you can always + or - whatever offset you want.

    Torque Owner rennie moffat
    Renman3000
    #4
    05/27/2010 (3:46 pm)
    true yes, I know, it was not that big a deal.

    thanks.

    Associate Melv May
    #5
    05/28/2010 (12:03 am)
    Another method is to mount one object onto another using the offset you require. Then you can position the parent objects' center and also rotate around that point.