weaponDirection: Difference between revisions

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Description:: Returns the direction that the vehicle weapon is aiming in. For addons the weapon name must be an entry in CfgWeapons.
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Turret and gun angle in degrees can also be obtained using animationSourcePhase or animationPhase commands.
Groups:: Weapons Unit Control

Example 1:: _weaponVectorDir = player weaponDirection currentWeapon player;
Example 2:: Draw AI eye direction (green) and weapon direction (red) in 3D: bob = createGroup east createUnit ["O_Soldier_F", [0,0,0], [], 0, "NONE"]; bob setVehiclePosition [player modelToWorld [0,100,0], [], 0, "NONE"]; onEachFrame { _beg = ASLToAGL eyePos bob; _endE = _beg vectorAdd (eyeDirection bob vectorMultiply 100); drawLine3D [_beg, _endE, [0,1,0,1]]; _endW = _beg vectorAdd (bob weaponDirection currentWeapon bob vectorMultiply 100); drawLine3D [_beg, _endW, [1,0,0,1]]; };

See also:: positionCameraToWorld getCameraViewDirection eyeDirection vectorDir vectorDirVisual

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: Posted on August 18, 2007 - 12:18
HWM mainframe: Works great in multiplayer. The numbers are representing offset as follows : [X axis,Y axis,Z axis] The return array can be processed-converted into degrees as follows: _array = _this weaponDirection "weapon class"; _dir_degrees = (_array select 0) atan2 (_array select 1);

: Posted on November 11, 2007 - 01:41
MessiahUA: WeaponClass can only be the primary turret of the vehicle. For example it is not possible to get direction of commander's M2 on M1Abrams.

: Posted on November 13, 2007 - 15:54
UNN: For an alternative to the weaponDirection command, see the following post on the official forums. On how to obtain the direction of multiple turrets on vehicles. Turret Animations _{(dead link)} - new forum

: Posted on December 9, 2014 - 18:25 (UTC)
Mechariuswh: The suggestion above using atan2 and weaponDirection get the direction the barrel of a weapon is pointing, but this is not the same as the direction a shell will be fired (verify this by getting in an M4 Scorcher, parking it on a slope, elevating the barrel "across" the slope and watching the shell come out in third person).

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 	_beg = ASLToAGL eyePos bob;
 	_endE = _beg vectorAdd (eyeDirection bob vectorMultiply 100);
-	[[drawLine3D]] [_beg, _endE, [0,1,0,1]];
+	drawLine3D [_beg, _endE, [0,1,0,1]];
 	_endW = _beg [[vectorAdd]] (bob [[weaponDirection]] [[currentWeapon]] bob [[vectorMultiply]] 100);
 	[[drawLine3D]] [_beg, _endW, [1,0,0,1]];