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How to turn and face direction to next waypoint
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 10:41 pm
by 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
Re: How to turn and face direction to next waypoint
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 1:10 am
by rock5
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player:aimAt(__WPL:getNextWaypoint())
I think that should work.
Re: How to turn and face direction to next waypoint
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 1:14 am
by 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
Re: How to turn and face direction to next waypoint
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 1:32 am
by rock5
Ah yes, my command only turns the camera
Re: How to turn and face direction to next waypoint
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 5:22 am
by 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.
Re: How to turn and face direction to next waypoint
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 5:42 am
by lisa
you mean this?
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 = {}
Re: How to turn and face direction to next waypoint
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 5:49 am
by 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.
Re: How to turn and face direction to next waypoint
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 6:54 am
by Rickster
nope, not confusing. that was exactly what i needed!
thank you all!