Orbit only works clockwise -- why not counter clockwise?

Is there a way to make orbit work counter clockwise?

Set the speed to a negative number

hmm, i tried that but it didnt work .. perhaps it was overwritten in the code

Yes -- it was overwritten by the code -- i thought it only works clockwise.

Looks like when i enter speed as negative and activate match rotation, then the sprite is turned around -- i.e. the vehicle now drives around in reverse.

I think this is a side effect of working around the counter clockwise with negative speed.

Better, if orbit has a dedicated boolean to specify circling direction -- clockwise or counter clockwise -- so that one doesnt need to rely on negative speed.

I guess one work around is to create two opposite frames -- and upon entering the circle with negative speed switch to the other frame.

hopefully in the future orbit will get real booleans to specify direction

I just did that work around and, by switching to the horizontally flipped frame, the vehcile doesnt change direction due to negative speed -- however, the frame change is felt visually -- so its not an optimal solution.

You can set the sprite to mirrored if the orbit speed is less than 0.

But I think that this is a bug as the intended behaviour is > sets the object's angle to match the direction of travel in the orbit.

You should make a bug report

Good idea.

Now that i think of it, its actually a bug.

First, i thought its a feature request, but i think you are right, its a bug.

Hmm, where do you file a bug report.

Hmm, where do you file a bug report.

github.com/Scirra/Construct-3-bugs/issues

thanks

i try behavior orbit, clockwise and counter clockwise with positive and negative speed number and it's work

Hi,

Thank you for trying this out.

Try to activate match rotation and use a sprite image where you can see the forward direction.

You will notice that when you set speed to a negative number and activate matching rotation the sprite image is inverted making it drive backwards.

The sprite is not mirrored if you use a negative rotation speed. It just uses the same angle as if it had a positive rotation speed.

I believe this is by design as it matches other features in Construct, like the Platform behavior. If you intend to flip the direction of the sprite, you can use the 'Set mirrored' action. For example a typical platform game will use the 'Set mirrored' action as the player presses the left and right movement keys - the behavior does not control that for you.

Ashley Fair enough, but perhaps the documentation for "Match Direction" needs an update because it is at odds with the result.

If enabled, sets the object's angle to match the direction of travel in the orbit. If disabled the behavior only changes the object's position without affecting the angle.

If the object is travelling in an anti-clockwise orbit, the documentation states that the object angle will match the direction of travel, which it doesn't.