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2002-03-26, 6:08 AM #1

geoman59

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Posts: 35

Code:

      position = VectorAdd(GetThingPos(player), '0.0 0.002 0.0');
      thing1 = CreateThingAtPosNR(cTemplate, GetThingSector(player), position, vectoradd(GetThingLVec(player), '0.0 0.0 0.0'));

what values do i need to replace '0.0 0.0 0.0' with to rotate thing1 180 degrees?

2002-03-26, 6:44 AM #2

GBK

Posts: 10,562

First of all, vectors dont have to be floats. '0 0 0' works just as fine as '0.0 0.0 0.0'. (The wackos at LEC actully went as far as to put all five end zeroes, when they didnt need any of them....)

Secondly, it should be '0 180 0'.

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2002-03-26, 6:53 AM #3

SaberMaster

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Lookvectors don't use degrees. They are returned as normalized vectors.

So you want to create a thing that looks in the opposite direction of the player? Then use:

Code:

lvec=VectorScale(GetThingLVec(player), -1);

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2002-03-26, 7:20 AM #4

geoman59

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thanx, SM that worked perfectly!

[This message has been edited by geoman59 (edited March 26, 2002).]