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Getting player head pitch in JK......

2001-03-20, 9:40 PM #1

Hell Raiser

Villianous Demon Coder

Posts: 1,735

Sure wish them MotS verbs were in JK. *sigh*

Anyways, the subject says it all, how can I get the pitch of the players head? The only thing that comes close is GetThingLVec(), but that gives me the vector the thing is looking at. (GetThingRotVel() only works for the Y value) I'm guessing I need to do some VectorAdd or VectorSub with something. I don't say this often, but help!

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2001-03-21, 6:03 AM #2

Gandalv the Gray

Lighting Fixture Expert

Posts: 277

You could repedeatley fire a quick-moving projectile from the player and then check its position in front of the player... EAH_Scorpion once made me a cog for player-controllable missiles..it uses a tecnique like that.

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2001-03-21, 7:30 AM #3

Hideki

Registered User

Posts: 611

If that's a way, then it might look like this.

Code:

proj = FireProjectile(player, ghostStuff, -1, -1, '0 0.01 0', '0 0 0', 0, 0, 0, 0);

vec = VectorSub(GetThingPos(player), GetThingPos(proj));

vec = VectorNorm(vec);

printvector(vec);

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2001-03-21, 10:19 AM #4

Hell Raiser

Villianous Demon Coder

Posts: 1,735

aha! Thanks guys!

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"I am not defeated so easily!"
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2001-03-21, 8:51 PM #5

*_Seifer_*

Registered User

Posts: 412

Yeah thats what my controable missile code uses ...

if (VectorLen(GetThingVel(seeker)) > 0.0) AddThingVel(seeker, VectorScale(GetThingVel(seeker), -0.1));
ApplyForce( Seeker, VectorScale( GetThingLVec(Seeker), 0.06 ) );
lookvector = FireProjectile(player, bullet, nothing, 0, '0.0135 0.1624 0.0', '0 0 0', 1.0, 0, 30, 5);
ParseArg(lookvector, "collide=0");
Vec = GetThingLVec(lookvector);
SetThingLook(seeker, VectorSet(VectorX(Vec), VectorY(Vec), VectorZ(Vec)));

Sorry about some of the other stuff thrown in there.

2001-03-21, 9:35 PM #6

Hideki

Registered User

Posts: 611

You seem to have the easier way.

Code:

proj = FireProjectile(player, ghostStuff, -1, -1, '0 0.01 0', '0 0 0', 0, 0, 0, 0);

SetThingLook(someThing, GetThingLVec(proj));

Seifer, btw you should use SetThingCollide(lookvector, 0); for stability, than ParseArg.

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