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Rotating the player via cog - is it possible?

2002-09-03, 1:53 AM #1

Grismath

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Is it possible to turn the player 180 degrees in a cog, without the player's specifically using any pitch keys? And if so, how would I accomplish this?

Cordially,
Lord Tiberius Grismath
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2002-09-03, 6:56 AM #2

SaberMaster

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Posts: 1,420

With the player, it's difficult because his movement is exe-controlled. But if you want him to pitch 180 then:

Code:

SetThingRotVel(player, '180 0 0');
Sleep(1);
SetThingRotVel(player, '0 0 0');

This code won't work if the player is attached to a surface, because JK thinks that he must be standing upright on the surface. With SetThingRotVel(), you simply cannot modify the player's yaw - JK will stop any yaw movement shortly after it's begun.

I've read a lot of complaints about "limits" to JK's engine, but the truest limit for Cog that I've encountered is JK's timing inconsistency. A second (or its JK equivalent) is never exactly a second. A velocity of 1 JKU/sec is never really 1 JKU/sec.

This makes mathmatical calculations of velocity, time, and distance inherently incorrect. You'll find when using the code above, that your player won't always pitch 180 degrees; sometimes more, sometimes less, but most often more.

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Author of the JK DataMaster, Parsec, Scribe, and the EditPlus Cog Files.

[This message has been edited by SaberMaster (edited September 03, 2002).]

Author of the JK DataMaster, Parsec, Scribe, and the EditPlus Cog Files.