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ajr321
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December 23, 2010
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Simple Rotation Question?

  • December 23, 2010
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Hi,

I have a question on 3D rotation. Is it possible to rotate the entire scene in 3D? Or possibly move the default camera slightly in the X-axis programmatically? Thanks for your help in advance.

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kglad
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kgladCommunity Expert
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December 23, 2010

it is but it's not a good idea.  you're better served to use a parent displayobjectcontainer, add all your displayobjects to it and rotate or translate that parent.

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ajr321Author
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December 23, 2010

Thanks for your prompt response, kglad. Basically, I have a few layers in different Z positions. I'm trying to get a 3D-look by rotating the scene a little. I'm doing this programmatically since I will be using the mouse positions to rotate. I'm new to actionscript so I'm not too sure how I can go about programming a displayobjectcontainer and then rotating it.

kglad
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kgladCommunity Expert
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December 23, 2010

you can use the following to reparent everything on your main timeline (except the new parent) and then manipulate the new parent:

var sp:Sprite=new Sprite();

addChild(sp);

reparentF(MovieClip(root),sp);

function reparentF(originalParent:DisplayObjectContainer,newParent:DisplayObjectContainer):void{

for(var i:int=<originalParent.numChildren-1;i>=0;i--){

if(originalParent.getChildAt(i)!=newParent){

newParent.addChild(originalParent.getChildAt(i));

}

}

}

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