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Drag Nose of Vehicle

by Robert Stewart · in Torque Game Engine · 10/31/2004 (7:36 pm) · 5 replies

Does anyone have a theory or a sample on how you might drag the nose of the vehicle and it would face or aim in that direction? thanks.
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Associate Kyle Carter
#1
10/31/2004 (8:51 pm)
Store old position, find delta to new position, normalize, convert to rotation. Apply rotation to object to update.

Torque Owner Robert Stewart
#2
11/01/2004 (7:59 am)
Ok thanks, can someone explain how i would do all that, lol sorry.

Torque Owner Bruno Grieco
#3
11/01/2004 (10:33 am) 
%oldpos = %vehicle.getTransform();
%delta = vectorSub(%oldpos,%newpos);
%normdelta = vectorNormalize(%delta);
%degX = mRadtoDeg(getWord(%normdelta,1));
%degY = mRadtoDeg(getWord(%normdelta,2));
%degZ = mRadtoDeg(getWord(%normdelta,3));
%rotation = %degX SPC %degY SPC %degZ;
%vehicle.setRotation(%rotation);

PLEASE, someone correct me if something is wrong.

Associate Anthony Rosenbaum
#4
11/01/2004 (10:42 am)
Wouldn't %oldpos = %vehicle.getTransform(); be the current or new pos. You will need to save the old pos as a variable in the previous tick then use it later.

Torque Owner Robert Stewart
#5
11/01/2004 (12:52 pm)
This looks like it might work, ill try this later today Thanks.