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This command should have really been named ''headDirection'' instead of [[eyeDirection]] as one could mistakenly think that eyes direction of your avatar correspond to the direction of the centre of your screen. '''In fact the direction returned by [[eyeDirection]] is avatar's head direction relative to the torso (minus ambient head animation factor)'''. Play with the script in example 1 to find out limitations. If you need centre of screen direction, use [[positionCameraToWorld]] instead.
This command should have really been named ''headDirection'' instead of [[eyeDirection]] as one could mistakenly think that eyes direction of your avatar correspond to the direction of the centre of your screen. Play with the script in example 1 to find out limitations. If you need centre of screen direction, use [[positionCameraToWorld]] instead.
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Revision as of 21:51, 23 July 2016

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Description

Description:
Returns the direction object is watching (eyes, or a vehicle primary observer).
Groups:
Uncategorised

Syntax

Syntax:
eyeDirection unit
Parameters:
unit: Object
Return Value:
Array - 3D Vector

Examples

Example 1:
can = "Land_Can_V3_F" createVehicle position player; onEachFrame { can setPosASL [ (eyePos player select 0) + (eyeDirection player select 0), (eyePos player select 1) + (eyeDirection player select 1), (eyePos player select 2) + (eyeDirection player select 2) ] }
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]]; };

Additional Information

See also:
positionCameraToWorldweaponDirectiongetCameraViewDirectionvectorDirvectorDirVisual

Notes

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Notes

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Posted on May 26, 2014 - 19:10 (UTC)
Killzone Kid
This command should have really been named headDirection instead of eyeDirection as one could mistakenly think that eyes direction of your avatar correspond to the direction of the centre of your screen. Play with the script in example 1 to find out limitations. If you need centre of screen direction, use positionCameraToWorld instead.