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| Returns the direction that the given weapon is pointing at. |= 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|= Description
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| vehicle '''weaponDirection''' weaponName |= Syntax
| [[Position]]Vector <nowiki>=</nowiki>[[Object#Vehicle|Vehicle]] '''weaponDirection''' "WeaponClass" |= Syntax


|p1= vehicle: [[Object]] |= Parameter 1
|p1= [[Object#Vehicle|Vehicle]]: [[Object]] |= Parameter 1


|p2= weaponName: [[String]] |= Parameter 2
|p2= WeaponClass: [[String]] |= Parameter 2


| [[Array]] |= Return value
| [[Position]]Vector: [[Array]] |= Return value
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Revision as of 03:59, 1 September 2007

-wrong parameter ("Arma") defined!-1.00
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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:
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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
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);"


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