Simple question - entity orientation
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Last edited by josephmann on Sat Nov 23, 2019 4:39 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Last edited by josephmann on Sat Nov 23, 2019 4:44 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Simple question - entity orientation
#3Not sure about that. GetRotation() on a pointer to IEntity works in C++.
FYI CE is dropping Lua, so you can start rewrites to standard C++
FYI CE is dropping Lua, so you can start rewrites to standard C++
Re: Simple question - entity orientation
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#5Afaik lua wont be removed until schematyc is production ready. As schematyc is a part replacement and overall improvement to designing logic like this.
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Re: Simple question - entity orientation
#6Hi.
For getting the rotation, GetAngles is the right function. But due to a bug, it seems to have problems with values over 90 degree (1/2 * Pi rad).
GetAngles takes a table as a parameter and passes the rotation values into it.
So the following code should work fine:
I have not tested the code above, so please forgive me if it doesn't work. I'll look into it tomorrow and test it.
I just hope, that CryTek will provide some sort of LUA integration for backward compatibility in future engine versions.
- Jannis
For getting the rotation, GetAngles is the right function. But due to a bug, it seems to have problems with values over 90 degree (1/2 * Pi rad).
GetAngles takes a table as a parameter and passes the rotation values into it.
So the following code should work fine:
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local direction = {x=0, y=0, z=0};
GetAngles(direction);
I just hope, that CryTek will provide some sort of LUA integration for backward compatibility in future engine versions.
- Jannis
Re: Simple question - entity orientation
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Last edited by josephmann on Sat Nov 23, 2019 4:45 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Simple question - entity orientation
#8Hi joseph,
I'm not sure *exactly* what you want, but I'm guessing you want to set the angles etc of a spawned entity.
There's probably no reason to get the initial angles as the entity will always have the default angles (its y axis pointing along the Sandbox y axis).
I routinely spawn vehicle entities in my simulator, and also set their positions, angles and any other parameters as needed.
I only use the table to specify the entity class, partly as I'm not familiar with the specification of the entity table (it may not be documented).
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After spawning it's easy to set parameters for the entity as the function returns the entity ID (MyObject in your example).
So, to set the engles and parameters of a spawned vehicle, I do something like this (pos and angles are set as required):
Hope this helps,
Chris
I'm not sure *exactly* what you want, but I'm guessing you want to set the angles etc of a spawned entity.
There's probably no reason to get the initial angles as the entity will always have the default angles (its y axis pointing along the Sandbox y axis).
I routinely spawn vehicle entities in my simulator, and also set their positions, angles and any other parameters as needed.
I only use the table to specify the entity class, partly as I'm not familiar with the specification of the entity table (it may not be documented).
.
After spawning it's easy to set parameters for the entity as the function returns the entity ID (MyObject in your example).
So, to set the engles and parameters of a spawned vehicle, I do something like this (pos and angles are set as required):
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local params = {};
params.class="Spitfire";
ID = System.SpawnEntity(params);
ID:SetPos(pos);
ID:SetAngles(angles);
ID.Properties.Stuff = MoreStuff.......etc etcChris
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Last edited by josephmann on Sat Nov 23, 2019 4:45 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Simple question - entity orientation
#10Hi joseph,
Thanks!
One thought occurred. I only use SP, so that method works fine. Presumably it should work by setting the orientation parameters in the table.
But do you know the specific format required? I don't think I ever found documentation on the table.
Cry Engine probably has three methods for setting angles:
Explicit angles, vectors and a third method that uses 4 numbers, not three (I forget the name of this method, but in the past I actually wrote some code to convert from this to more useful angles).
Could it be that the table needs four numbers to set the angles, and not three?
Just a thought.
Regards,
Chris
Thanks!
One thought occurred. I only use SP, so that method works fine. Presumably it should work by setting the orientation parameters in the table.
But do you know the specific format required? I don't think I ever found documentation on the table.
Cry Engine probably has three methods for setting angles:
Explicit angles, vectors and a third method that uses 4 numbers, not three (I forget the name of this method, but in the past I actually wrote some code to convert from this to more useful angles).
Could it be that the table needs four numbers to set the angles, and not three?
Just a thought.
Regards,
Chris