# Direction of movieclips
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/direction-of-movieclips/13396
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [February 12, 2003, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/direction-of-movieclips/13396 "2003-02-12T20:44:44Z")
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### Author:  [@schling](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/schling)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2003, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/direction-of-movieclips/13396/1 "2003-02-12T20:44:44Z")
Hi
I am just wondering how I change the direction of a movie clip. And how to make it change in the same itโs moving.
I have random movement code on the clip, I just want it to rotate, in the direction it goes.
Did this make any sense?
schling
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2003, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/direction-of-movieclips/13396/2 "2003-02-12T21:37:50Z")
if you have its velocity on the x axis - vx, and on the y axis - vy, the rotation is found by saying:
\_rotation=Math.atan2(vy, vx)\*180/Math.PI;
make sure the unrotated clip is facing East (to the right)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2003, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/direction-of-movieclips/13396/3 "2003-02-12T22:12:30Z")
Thanks man ๐