Scripts / Which side of entity

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TazMan
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Posted: 14th Feb 2016 13:32
Hello I was wondering if there is any way of checking which side of an entity the player is on. I ask because I have a falling axe that drops to one side so my script check to see if the player is near but does not take into account which side.

Thanks in advance.
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Posted: 14th Feb 2016 15:46
Not idea.
As I can see this is like a trap. Any chance to force axe to face player, instead of guess where he is?

Quote: "LookAtPlayer(e)
Forces the entity to face the player."


perhaps taking at count the player/axe coordinates; IE: if axe X is closest to player X than Y or Z, so surely the axe is left or right from the player, if negative value (-4343) is at the left side, otherwise it is at the right side, or something like that. Of course idea need to be realize a bit.

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Posted: 15th Feb 2016 11:12
Thanks 3com I want the designer to be able to place it where they like and it not move. I am not sure it is as simple as X and Z position I think it might need an eqation which is why I decided to ask on the forum.

I am not even sure it can be done.
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Posted: 15th Feb 2016 16:54
Would be nice if you relize the idea a bit, perhaps via vid or img (if you can, of course); I'm not sure about getting the point right, so I've some questions about, like:

a- Does the axe wil be always place over the player (up side)?
b- Does the axe is intended to rotate accordingly, in order to match the righ side if required?

Well, I've done some model to try for recreate scene, but something say me than that's not exactly the point.

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Posted: 15th Feb 2016 17:28


This might help, not sure ...

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Posted: 15th Feb 2016 17:37 Edited at: 15th Feb 2016 17:38
The problem is this:


Sorry the video is not very smooth.

I only want the player to be hurt if they are on the side where the axe drops.

Now I know how to find the angle of the player within the level but I don't know how to get the angle of the axe within the level. If I could do this I think I could work out the area that is the correct side.

Is there any way to find the angle of an entity in the level?.
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Posted: 15th Feb 2016 17:49
Thanks cybernescence that works perfectly and I think I can work with it, all I need to do now is find a way of determining whether the axe has been turned around.
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Posted: 15th Feb 2016 17:56
You also have these for the entity angle.

g_Entity[e]['anglex'] -- x Rotation Angle
g_Entity[e]['anglez'] -- z Rotation Angle
g_Entity[e]['angley'] -- y Rotation Angle



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this will return 1 if the entity is looking at the player within the distance and angle set

i.e.
if EntityLookingAtPlayer(e,150,10) == 1 then
Prompt("you are less than 150 away and i can see you")
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Posted: 15th Feb 2016 19:48
Surely you've some script running axe animation, maybe something like:



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Posted: 16th Feb 2016 09:06 Edited at: 16th Feb 2016 10:24
Thanks guys that is everything that I need. you have all been very helpfull as I new you would.

Edit:
With a slight change of cybernescence's code I managed to check to see if I was on the dangerous side of the Axe no matter what rotation it had.

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