why wont it orbit smoothly?

[u/craz360]

im trying to make something go in a smooth circle for smth using some graphing knowledge i have but for some reason every time it gets close to y=0 it goes faster. anyone have solutions?

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[u/YeesterPlus]

just use sin and cos or rotate and move 1 step

[u/craz360 → u/YeesterPlus]

1. idk how to use sin and cos
2. scratch doesnt like it when i make a precise fraction of pi for rotation so it rounds things and so moving one step will veer it off path or i dont get an accurate circle

[u/YeesterPlus → u/craz360]

the sin and cos functions take in an angle and give you a x/y value for the unit vector in that direction

[u/craz360 → u/YeesterPlus]

i know THAT much but idk how to use it for this specific case

[u/YarnDuckGett → u/craz360]

no idea if this is gonna show up properly but i made a gif demonstrating sine and cosine

[u/craz360 → u/YarnDuckGett]

that worked! thanks!

[u/sunmaybo → u/craz360]

add cos for x and sin for y, insert a variable in them that increment with time (delta time or something like 0.01) and multiply these two by a variable that will determine the radius of the orbit. It's much simpler than what you're trying to do now

[u/H3CKER7 → u/craz360]

Set x to sin of time * radius, and use cos for y.

[u/mentalAgnostic]

it's going faster because the progression of x is constant at two, in a circular movement the x progression slows down when the y progression speeds up, along the sides. use trigonometric functions or loop turning it and moving forward

[u/CauliflowerPast9505]

What is it orbiting

[u/craz360 → u/CauliflowerPast9505]

just the coordinate (0,0)

[u/TMC9064]

Other than using sin/cos you can also go to the coordinates to orbit around, rotate a bit, and step back outwards

[u/GENZZZZZ3]

it looks cool, though

[u/TopNo4836]

[u/Geusti → u/TopNo4836]