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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. | 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. | ||
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For an alternative to the weaponDirection command, see the following post on the offical forums. On how to obtain the direction of multiple turrets on vehicles. | |||
[http://www.flashpoint1985.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard311/ikonboard.cgi?s=a25eef63faad0e555557e7e17118a60c;act=ST;f=80;t=69777 Turret Animations] | |||
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Revision as of 15:57, 13 November 2007
Description
- Description:
- Returns a direction vector in Position format for the given weapon (attached to vehicle) . Note the weapon name must be an entry in CfgWeapons for the addon
- Groups:
- Uncategorised
Syntax
- Syntax:
- PositionVector =Vehicle weaponDirection "WeaponClass"
- Parameters:
- Vehicle: Object
- WeaponClass: String
- Return Value:
- PositionVector: Array
Examples
- Example 1:
_dir = _vehicle weaponDirection "M16"
Additional Information
- See also:
- See also needed
Notes
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Notes
- Returned direction is an array holding a direction vector, see vectorDir, with 3 components, each with values between -1 and 1.
- Posted on August 18, 2007 - 12:18
- HWM mainframe
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Works great in multiplayer.
The numbers are representing offset as follows : [X axis,Z axis,Y 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 offical forums. On how to obtain the direction of multiple turrets on vehicles. Turret Animations