How can I make helpers copy the angle of its parent?

[Trinitronity]

Something I'm trying out.
I want the helper to create an afterimage helper.
However, I have no idea of how I can make it like that, so the afterimage also copies the angle of the parent helper, since the parent helper spins.
I could have just used a variable, but I am sure I can also do that without it. I just don't know, how...
Thanks in advance!

[O Ilusionista]

-store the parent angle in a var
-read the parent var on the helper
-use that value as angle on the helper

[Trinitronity]

I could have just used a variable, but I am sure I can also do that without it. I just don't know, how...

That would have been exactly my guess, but I don't want to resolve to variables just yet.
Please don't ask me why or question my decision.

[O Ilusionista]

sorry, but there is no other way. You need to use variables to store the angle and pass it to the helper, since Mugen is bad coded and you can't really access all the proprieties from an entity.

[Trinitronity]

sorry, but there is no other way. You need to use variables to store the angle and pass it to the helper, since Mugen is bad coded and you can't really access all the proprieties from an entity.

Actually, there IS a way. N-Mario told me about it.
However, since it was complicated, I decided to use variables instead.
Still thanks, though.

[O Ilusionista]

mind to point it to me? The only way I can imagine is to use multiple states, which I don't recomend.

[Trinitronity]

Okay:

I recommend Variable method, if it's helpers, but I think you can do it without it.
Though you would NEED to time the angle draw settings exactly to match each other in order to do it correctly.

At the end, he also recommended me the variable method, since the other method is very complicated.

[Cyanide]

The other method assumes both helpers are spinning at a constant rate always in the same way. Basically you'd be coding the same thing twice and any changes you made to one need to be reflected in the other which is a giant waste of time code and effort when you can just do

angledraw
trigger1 = 1
value = parent, var(x)

And you're done.

[Trinitronity]

Like I said, I decided to use variables at the end.
However, I at least wanted to hear from other people possible variable-free ways, just in case.

[O Ilusionista]

Saddly, you can't. As I said, mugen doesn't lets you get the values of many proprieties, like AngleDraw.

The other method assumes both helpers are spinning at a constant rate always in the same way

That would be a lot easier.