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Vector Manipulation
2002-11-23, 1:51 AM #1
Whoa... I coulda sworn I already posted this, but I guess not.

Coming from anyone this might seem like a relatively 'n00bish', if you will, question; coming from me, it's plain ignorance. ;]

Is it possible to extract a value from a multi-value vector and use it as a single variable? If so, how?

i.e., I want to take...
wraa=GetThingLVec(player);

And only extract the second param (the playermodel's yaw).

Thanks.
Cordially,
Lord Tiberius Grismath
1473 for '1337' posts.
2002-11-23, 2:53 AM #2
Code: 
SomeVar=VectorY(wraa);


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2002-11-23, 9:45 AM #3
You might wanna know that the LVec of the player isn't in P/Y/R format.
-Hell Raiser
2002-11-23, 4:18 PM #4
It's in P/Y/NIL format, no?

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2002-11-23, 4:23 PM #5
It's nowhere near P/Y/R. It's a direction/heading of where the player is looking. Kinda hard to explain. Definatly not P/Y/R though.
-Hell Raiser
2002-11-24, 12:48 AM #6
Well, thanks.
Cordially,
Lord Tiberius Grismath
1473 for '1337' posts.
2002-11-24, 5:31 AM #7
No wait, I think it's Y/R/0...no?

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2002-11-24, 7:38 AM #8
No. Using "Getthinglvec()" on the player directly will NOT return his headpitch, in any form.

Code: 
Gh = FireProjectile(player, G, -1, -1, '0 0 0', '0 0 0', 0, 0, 0, 0);
If(Gh == -1) Stop; Setthinglook(dummy, Getthinglvec(Gh)); Destroything(Gh);


Firing a projectile from the player DOES take into account his headpitch. Getting the PYR of a fired proj will efectively return the player's headpitch, which can then me mapped onto any other object.

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