Model facing wrong wait with PointEntity

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LineOf7s (Posted 2005) [#1]

w00h00 my first Blitz3D-related post! The journey of a thousand miles... My problem: - Load in model - RotateEntity during initialisation of program so it faces the 'right' direction - Use PointEntity in main loop to aim model at another entity (in this case, a targeting reticule), but before 'pointing' it seems to have returned to its 'default' direction as loaded in I'm as susceptible to a good "RTFM" as the next coder, so if you just wanna toss a command name at me that'll be fine... but how to 'set' the direction of the model so I can use it later at that setting? [edit] OMG - I'm now one of Those People that misspell the topic title! THE SHAME!! 'wait' = 'way' [/edit]

Shambler (Posted 2005) [#2]

You could create a pivot,parent the rotated model to it then use the pointentity command on the pivot...I think ;)

jhocking (Posted 2005) [#3]

I would use AlignToVector. You can use TFormPoint on the target's position to get the vector to align to.

GitTech (Posted 2005) [#4]

RotateMesh() instead of RotateEntity()?

LineOf7s (Posted 2005) [#5]

Yes GitTech, that worked exactly how I wanted it to. *scratches head* But I coulda sworn I tried that... Thankyou - I was in the middle of trying to get my head around TFormPoint and AlignToVector. You have saved me, for now. :o)