weaponDirection

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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

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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

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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);"

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

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