is there a vb 6 newsgroup somewhere?
The sin() and cos() functions expect their parameters to be
in radians. To use values in degrees, you must convert them
to radians first. VB 6 does not have a built-in function to do
this. So you have to calculate it yourself.
If I'm not mistaking, it is: radians = degrees / 180 * pi
And pi is 3.141592654
So you use Sin(angle / 180 * pi) for an angle in degrees.
Kevin
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> How do i find the VB6 newsgroup? Ive looked all over for
> it in the navigation menus on the left of the internet
> explorer window but i can't find it. Only this VB .net
> NG.
> Also, while i'm here, if anyone would happen to be able to
> answer the question i was gonna post in the VB6 NG that
> would be greatly appreciated.
> I used this code in trying to make a ship fly around in an
> arcade game, but the ship flys in what seems like random
> directions. (in this code direction is a measure of
> degrees, 0 being the ship pointing straight up, 90
> pointing right, 180 down, 270 left, and so forth)
> Ship.Left = Ship.Left + (Sin(direction) * (speed))
> Ship.Top = Ship.Top - (Cos(direction) * (speed))
> This may definitely be a problem with math as im not very
> good with Trig.
> THANX!
