setDir
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Description
- Description:
- Sets object heading. Angles are measured in degrees clockwise from north. The accepted heading range is from 0 to 360 Negative angles represent a counter-clockwise angle and the angle can be of any size.
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Syntax
Examples
- Example 1:
_soldier1 setDir 45
Will set soldier1 to face North East- Example 2:
_soldier1 setDir -675
Will also set soldier1 to face North East
Additional Information
- See also:
- getDirdirectionsetFormDir
Notes
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Notes
- Posted on May 9, 2007 - 20:43 CET
- Manny
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Though effects of this command remain local, you can do a setPos afterwards to synchronize the direction on all machines in MP.
myObj setDir 90; myObj setPos getPos myObj;
- Posted on January 9, 2009 - 22:21
- Killswitch
- In ArmA, the effect of setDir is synchronized across the network.
- Posted on April 5th, 2011
- kju
- In OA 1.59 the comment of Manny still holds true for createVehicle'd empty vehicles by the server. For the player object a local setDir alone is enough.
- Posted on July 10, 2010 - 16:34
- Shuko
- In ArmA 2 OA, this command only makes the unit glance momentarily to the direction. To change his heading more permanently use setFormDir.
- Posted on August 28, 2013
- Killzone_Kid
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Be careful letting the command to do the conversion for you when the angle is < 0 or > 360
player setDir 360+1; hint str direction player; //1 player setDir -360+1; hint str direction player; //1.00001 player setDir 360*5+1; hint str direction player; //1.00002 player setDir -360*5+1; hint str direction player; //0.999972 player setDir 360*10+1; hint str direction player; //0.999876 player setDir -360*10+1; hint str direction player; //1 player setDir 360*100000+1; hint str direction player; //358.24 player setDir -360*100000+1; hint str direction player; //1.76001 player setDir 360*10000000+1; hint str direction player; //298.591 player setDir -360*10000000+1; hint str direction player; //61.4094
- Posted on November 25, 2013
- Killzone_Kid
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setDir affects vectorUp, vectorDir and velocity of the object it applied to. While this is not noticeable with stationary objects, a moving objects will have its orientation and velocity reset. So if you are planning on using setDir on a moving object, make sure you read the velocity value before and restore it after if you want the object to continue to move.
_vel = velocity _object; _object setDir 45; _object setVelocity _vel;
With orientation it is a bit more complicated. setDir resets vectorUp to [0,0,1] and changes vectorDir accordingly to accommodate set direction. If your object's vectorUp is not [0,0,1] and you want to keep it this way, then you have to use setVectorDirAndUp to change object's direction not setDir. This is also the reason why it is better to use setVectorDirAndUp instead of setDir on attached objects for a better control of object's orientation.
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