Track a point with off-centre rotation (SOLVED)

I have a point in a movieclip that is set to (22,5), so if the movieclip rotated around its centre 90 degrees, the point would then be at (-5,22). During the game; the movieclip rotates around to the position of the mouse, and I need to know the exact location of that point at all times. Of course tracing its coordinates gives me (22,5) every time, no matter how the parent movieclip is rotated.

I know the trigonemtry I could use:

xOffset = Math.sin(rotation*(Math.PI/180))*distance;
yOffset = Math.cos(rotation*(Math.PI/180))*distance;

But from what I understand, that would only work if the point was aligned to an axis along the centre of rotation, like (22,0) or (0,5).

Can anyone help me?

distance = Math.sqrt(22*22+5*5);
offsetAngle = Math.atan2(22, 5);

Haha I can’t believe it’s that simple! Thanks again skyboy! :)

You could also use localToGlobal I think. I don’t know if it accounts for rotation.

Originally posted by BigJM:

You could also use localToGlobal I think. I don’t know if it accounts for rotation.

it accounts for everything, but it’s far slower than straight trig

I guess it would just transform the point using the object’s matrix.

Vector Math. Can occasionally be useful.