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Pygame 2D : rotation around center not working properly
here is the code I use to rotate an image around its center:
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How can I rotate my character so that he is facing the mouse?
I just want to preface this by saying I am very new to pygame.
At the moment I have calculated the angle that I need to apply to my character so he can rotate but I am unsure how to actually make ...
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How to rotate a surface in pygame, without changing its shape
I'm writing a class in pygame to create a sprite object, and I'd like to be able to rotate it. It works fine with an image, and rotates without issue. But when rotating a surface with a plain colour, ...
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Rotating hitboxes in PyGame?
I'm using pygame.rect.colliderect() to check hitbox collision between sprites in my game, but now that I'm rotating the sprites, I'm realizing I can't do this ...
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Rotating image around a given point
Im trying to simulate shadows in a 2d RPG, So far I can make the shadows but i cant blit them properly, Im trying to rotate them according to where the "sun" is (just a position)
I have looked at ...
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How to spin an object on its own axis?
I'm trying to spin up my own 3D vector graphics engine, so I'd like to do this without an existing library. And I don't seem to be able to find the math for the correct approach in rotating an object ...
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pygame - avoiding sprite 'jitters' on rotating the image
Is there a common trick for getting around sprites that are changing directions 'too quickly' and causing their sprite to display erratically?
In this project, the player moves in 8 directions by ...
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Pygame's rotation methods have crippling issues, but is it me or Python's pygame?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNJFxvR6ex8&feature=youtu.be
On rotate and rotozoom, can't find fixes on these on the internet, anywhere.
Basically, the video is showing 4 things in this order:
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Pygame surface rotation, rect rotation or sprite rotation?
i seem to have a conceptual misunderstanding of the surface and rect object in pygame.
I currently observe these objects this way:
Surface
Just the loaded image
rect
the 'hard' representation of the ...
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Grouping surfaces in pygame to get an object with two movement points
I would like to create a simple tank using pygame. One would drive the tank by controlling he velocities of two caterpillar tracks. They should be the two single movement points of the vehicle.
I'm ...
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OpenGL: Rotating cannon about non-centre position?
So I have a "cannon" object (basically a long cylinder) and I want to be able to control its angle. The code I have now is:
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