hey unliterate, thanks alot!! that was the problem, i wasnt converting to degree's (i didnt know the forumla gave me radians.. on the net i read it gave degree's)

but im still having one more problem, this time ill provide pictures..

first, my rocket looks like this:

now, if im shooting at the enemy from the left side, everything is fine! it looks great:


BUT, if im shooting at the enemy from the right side, the angle appears to be correct, but the texture/quad is flipped!


do you know why this is happening, and how i could stop it?


also, if im on the left side of the enemy, the degree's will always be between 90 (standing directly above) and -90 (standing directly below). it will look fine. but as soon as i step on the right side of the enemy, it looks backwards like this. in fact, when im on the right side of the enemy, the degree are -90 (directly at the top of the enemy) and 90 (directly below the enemy)

so why are my degree's always between -90 and 90? and how would i go about "flipping" the quad when im shooting from the right side? thanks for anymore help!!

[edited by - graveyard filla on June 13, 2004 6:26:19 PM]

actually, everything IS working fine.. i stupidly forgot the angle+= before the 3.14...

now it all works great!! thanks a lot man!! if only now i understood half this stuff

also, you said using arccos or arcsin would be faster if i am calculating the distance... i AM calcing the distance (to find the velocity the rocket should go).. so how would it go using those then? thanks again for all your help!!