Sine circle

Hey chaps

I am trying to make a circle path using sine on the x and y axis.

Thanks to Shviller, I know that, using the sine behaviour I can achieve this with a 25% offset on one axis. However I want to use events to control it, and I just can't get the timing right, I am not sure how to offset the values with events.

sin(timer*0.10) * 10

So I have something along these lines, and have tried all sorts of combinations of values.

sin(timer*0.025) * 10

sin(timer*0.025) * 2.5

sin(timer*0.10) * 2.5

So I am thinking that the offset is some other value, but I am not sure.

Anyone have any ideas?

cos and sin expect a value in degree and return a value based on the unit circle (so they return [-1,+1])

To position something on a circle around a center:

x = center_X + cos(angle) * radius

y = center_Y + sin(angle) * radius

To move something circular around a center over time:

angle = angle + amountofchangepersecond * TimeDelta

x = center_X + cos(angle) * radius

y = center_Y + sin(angle) * radius

You may also change angle and/or radius independently for x and y which will have various effects, like shaping an ellipse instead of a circle and much more.

Oh you are absolutely fantastic Tulamide, always so helpful. I was specifically looking for elliptical shapes as well. Cheers!

tulamide - lets say you have a square moving around the elliptical path, how do you angle it to aim always at the center?

That depends on the exact situation. In the example above, I made 3years ago, the angle is from the center's point of view. In this case it is easy: Just use the opposite angle. Easiest way to do so is by adding 180:

angle = angle + amountofchangepersecond * TimeDelta

x = center_X + cos(angle) * radius

y = center_Y + sin(angle) * radius

square_angle = angle + 180