var fade:Number = 0.95;
var counter:Number = 1;

mcMinute.onPress = function() {
this.onMouseMove = function() {
/*var angle:Number = Math.atan2(
mcFace._ymouse - mcFace._height / 2,
mcFace._xmouse - mcFace._width / 2
);*/
var angle:Number = Math.atan2(
(mcFace._ymouse + 100) - mcFace._height / 2,
(mcFace._xmouse + 100) - mcFace._width / 2
);
this._rotation = (angle * 180 / Math.PI) + 90;

var copy:MovieClip = attachMovie(”mcMinutecopy”, “copy” + counter, counter++);
copy._x = this._x;
copy._y = this._y;
copy._xscale = 200;
copy._yscale = 200;
copy._rotation = this._rotation;
copy.onEnterFrame = function() {
this._alpha *= _root.fade;
//this.glowpart._xscale *= _root.fade;
//this.glowpart._yscale *= _root.fade;
if (this._alpha

You’re welcome.

Your question is a good one! It sounds like you’re asking how to make the Hour hand follow the Minute hand as the Minute hand gets dragged around the face — just like a real clock — is that right? If so, the tricky part, to my thinking, is how to keep track of the Hour hand and have it “remember” its place. Drag the Minute hand around once, the Hour hand moves from 1 to 2. Drag the Minute hand around again, the Hour hand moves from 2 to 3, and so on.

I’ll really have to think about this one! I’d added your question to my Get-To list, but there are quite a few in there right now, so I’m not sure when I’ll be able to answer this one specifically.

First of all thanks!!

Me too i am making a clock for children, but haven’t found out how I can make an “mcHour” to properly follow the mcMinute. Actually I feel this is really tricky, because Flash doesn’t use 360 degrees on the circle, but starts counting from -179,999… at the bottom of the circle.. Any tips?

Hey, glad to hear it. Thanks!

thank you! Your blog is awesome. I have been looking for exactly this explanation to rotate two disks.

Best,
Ingmar

I’m thinking there must be something off with the registration points of your mcMinute and mcFace clips. I rebuilt this just now and the hand rotates to exactly where I drag it.

Can you verify that each clip is on its own layer and the face clip’s registration is in its upper left, while the hand clip’s registration is centered on its pivot end?

Great blog! First time visiting and I was looking for something exactly like this. However, I have a question.

1. The direction of the hands seem to be quite “loose”. How would I go tightening up the direction of the hands so if I move to 12:00 on the clock, my hands point to there? I am designing this for children, so the movements have to be a little tighter. The way it is currently written, the movement would be quite frustrating.
Thanks.