atan2

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Description

Description:

ArcTangent of x/y. Used to determine the angle of a vector [x,y]. Result in Degrees between -180 and 180.
Note that this command can handle y being 0, unlike when using atan, and will return 90

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Syntax

Syntax:

Number = x atan2 y

Parameters:

x: Number

y: Number

Return Value:

Number

Examples

Example 1:

_xy = [5,3]; _degrees = (_xy select 0) atan2 (_xy select 1); //59.0362

Example 2:

Get direction from _obj1 to _obj2:_vd = getPosASL _obj2 vectorDiff getPosASL _obj1; _dir = (_vd select 0) atan2 (_vd select 1); //_dir range from -180 to +180 if (_dir < 0) then {_dir = 360 + _dir}; //_dir range from 0 to 360

Example 3:

Get relative direction from _obj1 to _obj2:_xy = _obj1 worldToModel getPosASL _obj2; _dir = (_xy select 0) atan2 (_xy select 1); //_dir range from -180 to +180 if (_dir < 0) then {_dir = 360 + _dir}; //_dir range from 0 to 360

Additional Information

See also:

atanMath Commands

Notes

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Notes

Posted on 08:00, 18 November 2009

KeV

To get the direction of an object from the player: _dir = ((getPos _obj select 0) - (getPos player select 0)) atan2 ((getPos _obj select 1) - (getPos player select 1)); //_dir will be from -180 to 180. If positive values are needed then use: if (_dir < 0) then {_dir = _dir + 360}; Or just use BIS_fnc_dirTo directly.

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Posted on July 19, 2015 - 00:30 (UTC)

SilentSpike

To normalize the return value into the range 0-360 you can use the modulo operator: (_x atan2 _y) % 360