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Aiming direction

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Asklar Data Realms Elite Joined: Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:01 am Posts: 6211 Location: In your office, earning your salary.	Aiming direction How can I make an AEmitter have the RotAngle of where the parent actor is aiming? If I set (considering I already did the code for who is the parent) self.RotAngle = self.parent.RotAngle would work?
Wed Mar 09, 2011 9:48 pm

Coops Joined: Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:07 am Posts: 1545 Location: That small peaceful place called Hell.	Re: Aiming direction You'd want something like this instead since aiming angle has its own function. Code: self.<Emitter>.RotAngle = self.<Actor>:GetAimAngle(true) or if you always want the guns angle just get the gun's angle itself. If you get the actor's Rotational Angle then your getting the angle his torso is. I believe GetAimAngle gets the angle of the head or where your cursor is aiming in respect of the selected actor.
Thu Mar 10, 2011 12:18 am

Asklar Data Realms Elite Joined: Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:01 am Posts: 6211 Location: In your office, earning your salary.	Re: Aiming direction Wait, so it would be better to get the gun's aim angle?? Code: function Create(self) local curdist = 50; for actors in MovableMan.Actors do local avgx = actors.Pos.X - self.Pos.X; local avgy = actors.Pos.Y - self.Pos.Y; local dist = math.sqrt(avgx ^ 2 + avgy ^ 2); if dist < curdist then curdist = dist; self.parent = actors; end end end function Update(self) self.RotAngle = self.parent.RotAngle end This is my code so far. I tried to get the gun's angle, but I don't know how to do that.
Thu Mar 10, 2011 1:21 am

Roast Veg Data Realms Elite Joined: Tue May 25, 2010 8:27 pm Posts: 4521 Location: Constant motion	Re: Aiming direction No. Aim angle only applies to things that can see. (Actors, AHumans and ACrabs)
Thu Mar 10, 2011 1:25 am

Asklar Data Realms Elite Joined: Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:01 am Posts: 6211 Location: In your office, earning your salary.	Re: Aiming direction So it would be the guns RotAngle?
Thu Mar 10, 2011 1:26 am

Roast Veg Data Realms Elite Joined: Tue May 25, 2010 8:27 pm Posts: 4521 Location: Constant motion	Re: Aiming direction The actor's aim angle.
Thu Mar 10, 2011 1:32 am

Coops Joined: Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:07 am Posts: 1545 Location: That small peaceful place called Hell.	Re: Aiming direction GetAimAngle only works on Actors, just like Roast Veg said. To get a non-actor's Rotational Angle, use .RotAngle like you are now. Just use the aim angle method I gave you. Replace the Code: self.RotAngle = self.parent.RotAngle with Code: self.RotAngle = self.parent:GetAimAngle(true) and it should work.
Thu Mar 10, 2011 1:40 am

Asklar Data Realms Elite Joined: Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:01 am Posts: 6211 Location: In your office, earning your salary.	Re: Aiming direction Hey, it works! Thanks guys.
Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:09 pm

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