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absolute values
2001-03-06, 6:40 AM #1
how can i get he absolute value of an int?

like say my int is "fade"

fade = ((VectorX(playerlook)+VectorY(playerlook))/2);

assuming that playerlook is the direction that a player is looking, wouldnt the fade value be a negative some times? like -90 or somthing?

or are ints always positive?
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2001-03-06, 8:04 AM #2
Do standard math commands work with vectors? I thought you had to use stuff like VectorAdd, VectorSub, Etc.

Also, I'm pretty sure integers are allways positive, but I could be wrong.

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2001-03-06, 8:20 AM #3
well i tried it, apparantly they can be negative.

and since fade is an int i dont have to use vector add stuff, im just getting valuse from a vector, thats why they are negative sometimes...unless there is a way to make all the values in the vector positive, what about vectorNorm()? what does that do?
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2001-03-06, 8:47 AM #4
Ints can be positive or negative, as the JK specs read.

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2001-03-07, 8:47 AM #5
You might be thinking of flex's Aglar, but JK's ints aren't like RL math ints, which are ALWAYS positive, otherwise it's not an int [http://forums.massassi.net/html/wink.gif]
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2001-03-07, 8:50 AM #6
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Int

The symbol value will be of type signed Integer number. The range is -2,147,483,648 to +2,147,483,648 signed 32 bit whole number.

A typical assignment would be int closed=1 or int closed=-1. Assigns the value " 1" or "-1" to the symbol "closed".As with other symbols they will be used in the code section.</font>


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2001-03-07, 9:21 AM #7
does that return anything? it looks like it should. i will probanly sound stupid but y divide it by 2?
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