Enhance orbiting animations to actually support circles.

code/_helpers/matrices.dm

@@ -3,18 +3,27 @@
 	Turn(.) //BYOND handles cases such as -270, 360, 540 etc. DOES NOT HANDLE 180 TURNS WELL, THEY TWEEN AND LOOK LIKE SHIT
 
 
-/atom/proc/SpinAnimation(speed = 10, loops = -1)
+/atom/proc/SpinAnimation(speed = 10, loops = -1, clockwise = 1, segments = 3)
-	var/matrix/m120 = matrix(transform)
+	if(!segments)
-	m120.Turn(120)
+		return
-	var/matrix/m240 = matrix(transform)
+	var/segment = 360/segments
-	m240.Turn(240)
+	if(!clockwise)
-	var/matrix/m360 = matrix(transform)
+		segment = -segment
-	speed /= 3      //Gives us 3 equal time segments for our three turns.
+	var/list/matrices = list()
-	                //Why not one turn? Because byond will see that the start and finish are the same place and do nothing
+	for(var/i in 1 to segments-1)
-	                //Why not two turns? Because byond will do a flip instead of a turn
+		var/matrix/M = matrix(transform)
-	animate(src, transform = m120, time = speed, loops)
+		M.Turn(segment*i)
-	animate(transform = m240, time = speed)
+		matrices += M
-	animate(transform = m360, time = speed)
+	var/matrix/last = matrix(transform)
+	matrices += last
+
+	speed /= segments
+
+	animate(src, transform = matrices[1], time = speed, loops)
+	for(var/i in 2 to segments) //2 because 1 is covered above
+		animate(transform = matrices[i], time = speed)
+		//doesn't have an object argument because this is "Stacking" with the animate call above
+		//3 billion% intentional
 
 //The X pixel offset of this matrix
 /matrix/proc/get_x_shift()