How to turn and face direction to next waypoint

[Rickster]

Hi there,

how can i get my char to turn direction to the naxt WP?

When reaching one waypoint, I want to change char direction and camera view to the next waypoint, without movint to the next WP.

Thanx
Ric

[rock5]

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player:aimAt(__WPL:getNextWaypoint())

I think that should work.

[Mer-Ki-Vah]

Call this function:

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function lookatTarget(X,Z,Y)   
   local angle  = math.atan2(Z - player.Z, X - player.X);
   local yangle = math.atan2(Y - player.Y, ((X - player.X)^2 + (Z - player.Z)^2)^.5 );                  
   player:faceDirection(angle, yangle);
   camera:setRotation(angle);
end

[rock5]

Ah yes, my command only turns the camera

[Rickster]

thanx!

i call the function this way

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lookatTarget(__WPL:getNextWaypoint().X,__WPL:getNextWaypoint().Z,__WPL:getNextWaypoint().Y)

and it works fine

btw, how can i get accass to the actual WP info? i could not find this info in the wiki - Waypoint File Functions

i would like to get the actual WP index. i am using this as a workaround

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wp_index = __WPL:getNextWaypoint().wpnum - 1 

but i would also like to get access to the rest of the actual wp´s table.

[lisa]

you mean this?

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__WPL.CurrentWaypoint

basically use __WPL instead of self for this stuff

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		self.Waypoints = {};
		self.CurrentWaypoint = 1;
		self.LastWaypoint = 1;
		self.Direction = WPT_FORWARD;
		self.OrigX = player.X;
		self.OrigZ = player.Z;
		self.Radius = 500;
		self.FileName = nil;
		self.Mode = "waypoints";
		self.KillZone = {};
		self.ExcludeZones = {}

[rock5]

All the waypoints are stored in a table in __WPL.Waypoints. __WPL:getNextWaypoint() returns the 'currentwaypoint' which is one of those waypoints. When moving between waypoints the 'currentwaypoint' is the one you are heading towards. When you reach a waypoint and it is executing the code there, the 'currentwaypoint' is the next waypoint. If you want information about the waypoint you are at you can get it like this

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thiswp = __WPL:getNextWaypoint(-1)

thiswp will include X, Z, Y, Action, Type, Tag and wpnum (wpnum is not normally part of the __WPL table but is added in that function). You can also get the wp number you are at with __WPL.CurrentWaypoint-1.

Hope that wasn't too confusing.

[Rickster]

nope, not confusing. that was exactly what i needed! thank you all!