FLASH: rotating with variables

[Ian Smith]

OK I am trying to have several movie clips appear on to of each other, but

each one rotated 72 deg.


here is the actionscript


Set Variable: "sfquint" = 5

Set Variable: "sfstart" = 0

Set Variable: "sfcount" = 1

Loop While (sfcount <= sfquint)

      Duplicate Movie Clip ("../starpass", "starcopy"&sfcount, sfcount)

      Set Property ("starcopy"&sfcount, Rotation) = sfstart

      Set Variable: "sfcount" = sfcount + 1

      Set Variable: "sfstart" = sfstart + 72

End Loop


The clip duplicates at least once and with trace actions I can tell that

the sequence is looping, and the variables are changing, but the clips do

not seem to be rotated at all. Is is something small I am missing with the

syntax?  The set property seems to be useless, when I set sfstart to 72 to

start it still duplicates in the same clock position as the original clip


The next thing I want to do is have the appearance of the clips be

staggered, If these actions are all in one movie clip can I have the parent

movie advance with gotonextframe actions between the loops to get that

effect, has anyone tried this?


Thanks in advance


Ian Smith




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