Set Rotation not rotating

[xtreampb]

so i have this code in C++

Entity *spawn = world->FindEntity("Spawn");


Entity *player = Prefab::Load("Prefabs/Player/FPSPlayer.pfb");
player->SetPosition(spawn->GetPosition());
player->SetRotation(spawn->GetRotation(),true);

 

problem is, my player isn't being rotated. It's position is being set, but it isn't being rotated. Could someone give me some insights please?

[Josh]

You need to set the input to control its angle since it is using character controller physics.

 

I just added a line of code that will automatically set the character controller rotation to the yaw in this command, so it acts more like you expect.

[xtreampb]

when will this new line of code take effect?

[Josh]

Well, I added it in and then it caused a problem and I took it out.

 

You can use Math::ATan2 to figure out the correct angle from the difference between the two entity positions.

[xtreampb]

i have the amount that my controller needs to turn. It just isn't making sense how to translate a rotation on 3 axis' to a single float value.

[Josh]

Use GetRotation().y then. That's the yaw.

[xtreampb]

but what if i wanted to rotate my controller along the z or x axis? set input just takes a single float, how would i translate this?

[gamecreator]

If you just want to rotate the model, attach it to a pivot first like in the SetInput documenation example.

[Josh]

The character controller cannot handle rotation around the X and Z axes.

[Haydenmango]

A work around is to make a pivot your character controller then make your model follow that pivot using SetPosition() as well as SetRotation().

That way you can alter your models x and z rotation while still using a character controller for movement.

[gamecreator]

If you parent it like in the example, you don't even need to use SetPosition (it will be attached and follow automatically).