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#1 2012-09-12 15:50:13

FredrikL
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Registered: 2012-09-03
Posts: 6

Confusion about degrees

Hello,
I am a bit confused when it comes to how to use the degress properly indication direction.

From what I gather:

        degrees in scratch                  degrees 0-360
up is     0                                        0
right is  90                                       90
down is 180                                      180
left is    - 90                                      270


How would I go about transcribing  for example 240 degrees (using 0-360 system) to degrees in scratch?

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#2 2012-09-12 15:54:28

sonicfan12p
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Re: Confusion about degrees

Just determine how far it is from 180, 240 - 180 = 60. Subtract 60 from 180, 120, and add the negative sign. -120 degrees in Scratch. That's one way of doing it.


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#3 2012-09-12 15:57:23

FredrikL
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Re: Confusion about degrees

Thankyou!

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#4 2012-09-12 16:37:15

sonicfan12p
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Re: Confusion about degrees

No problem!  smile


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#5 2012-09-12 21:00:47

amcerbu
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Re: Confusion about degrees

Or you can just take 90 - (Scratch direction) to get "real" direction.

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#6 2012-09-12 22:53:00

AtomicBawm3
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Re: Confusion about degrees

If you're simply wanting to enter a number into say the direction block:

point in direction (my.direction)
Scratch automatically modifies the angle to fit into it's system.

Last edited by AtomicBawm3 (2012-09-12 22:53:26)


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#7 2012-09-12 23:26:42

kayybee
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Registered: 2009-12-07
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Re: Confusion about degrees

AtomicBawm3 wrote:

If you're simply wanting to enter a number into say the direction block:

point in direction (my.direction)
Scratch automatically modifies the angle to fit into it's system.

Really? I never knew that. Maybe when I tried converting it one time it didn't work because it automatically converts it. Thanks  smile

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