What I'm trying to do is is a moveto on an entity, which I can do easily, but the problem I'm having is figuring out how to keep the entity in front of the player at all times. For example: Code Snippet Plaintext Copy little_shoulder_devil() { x = ("50"); // 50 units in front of players face y = ("50"); // 50 units to the right of player z = ("50"); // 50 units above players shoulder } guardian_follow() { while(flag(var)) { if(life <= 0) { ent moveto(player.origin+(x,y,z)); wait .05; } else { thread cooldown(); break; } } } ( This is not my exact code but a mockup of what I'm trying to do. I noticed the geteye() function in the ugx script references, but to my understanding that gets the angles of the player's facing direction. This is where my problem is, I can't figure out how to adjust the moveto coordinates relative to the player's facing angle. For example, if north is +x, and south is -x, and so on for y and z, how can I convert the facing direction to a relative offset of the player. If anyone could give me some suggestions I would greatly appreciate it, as well as give you credit in a mutual project I'm working on. Hopefully I explained my intentions clearly, if not let me know and I'll elaborate.

Moving an object relative to players facing direction. in Scripting

Thanks, I will try this when I get off work.

Double Post Merge: August 13, 2016, 04:16:21 am

So in your example,

Quote from: Harry Bo21 on August 12, 2016, 10:02:04 am

Self getanglestoforward() * value

I was getting an unknown function with that, so I searched some of vanilla scripts and found anglesToForward() which I'm assuming is what you meant. However, I don't understand the syntax as shown in the ugx scripting reference:

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forward = anglesToForward(forward);

It seems redundant to me looking at it. Why is a variable being defined and then sent in the same line?
I tried anyways with every permutation of the syntax I could think of, but trial and error yielded no results

This is the last code I tried, which compiles fine but nothing is printing:

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test_angles_and_print();
{
	while(1)
		{
			pangles = players getPlayerAngles();
			f = anglesToForward(pangles);
			u = anglesToUp(pangles);
			r = anglesToRight(pangles);
			if(isdefined(pangles))
			iprintln(pangles,f,u,r);
			wait .5;
		}
}

Any further help is greatly appreciated. In the meantime I'll keep trying, and I'll update if I have any luck.

Double Post Merge: August 13, 2016, 04:45:43 am

The code I posted, I drafted just for an example to be short, and forgot to define "players". So to make it easier I'll loan you the full code I'm working on that I'm using it in:

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#include common_scripts\utility; 
#include maps\_utility;
#include maps\_zombiemode_utility;
#include maps\ugx_easy_fx;

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
custom_trap_init()
{
	orbTag = "tag_origin";
	orb = gent("radius_fx_origin");
	orb_radius = gent("radius_fx_origin");
	orb_trig = gent("custom_weapon_effects");
	orb_trig sethintstring("Press &&1 to Summon Entity 115");
	thread trap_trig(orb,orbTag,orb_radius,orb_trig);
	flag_init("killing_time");
}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
gent(targetname)
{
	tn = getent(targetname, "targetname");
	return tn;
}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
trap_trig(orb,orbTag,orb_radius,orb_trig)
{
	orb_trig waittill("trigger");
	orb_trig trigger_off();
	flag_set("killing_time");
	thread master_orb_spawn(orb,orbTag,orb_radius,orb_trig);
	thread master_orb_brain(orb);
}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
master_orb_spawn(orb,orbTag,orb_radius,orb_trig)
{
	master_orb = Spawn("script_model",orb.origin );
	master_orb SetModel( "tag_origin" );
	master_orb.angles = orb.angles;
	master_orb.origin = orb.origin;
	master_orb LinkTo(master_orb, orbTag );
	PlayFxOnTag( level._effect["trap_orb"], master_orb, orbTag );
	wait 60;
	master_orb delete();
	orb_trig trigger_on();
	flag_clear("killing_time");
	thread trap_trig(orb,orbTag,orb_radius,orb_trig);
}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
master_orb_brain(orb)
{
	while(flag("killing_time"))
		{
			iprintln("killing_time loop");
			ai = getaiarray("axis");
			excluders = undefined;
			zombies = get_array_of_closest( orb.origin, ai, excluders, 500, 500 );
			dogs = getaiarray("zombie_dog");
			if(isdefined(dogs))
				{
					for(i=0;i<dogs.size;i++)
					dogs[i] thread minions(orb);
				}
			if(isdefined(zombies))
				{
					for(i=0;i<zombies.size;i++)
						{
							zombies[i] thread minions(orb);
							zombies[i] setGoalPos(orb.origin);
						}
				}
			wait 1;
		}
}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
minions(orb)
{
	players = get_players();
	x = 0;
	iprintln("minion spawned");
	minion = Spawn("script_model",orb.origin+( 0,0,100));
	minion setmodel("tag_origin");
	dist = distance2d(orb.origin,self.origin);
	radius = 500;
	time = undefined;
	if(dist >= radius* 0.75)
		{
			time = 2;
		}
	else if(dist <= radius* 0.75 && dist >= radius* 0.45)
		{
			time = 1;
		}
	PlayFxOnTag(level._effect["trap_orb"],minion,"tag_origin");
	while(isdefined(minion))
		{
//			orb moveto(player[0].origin);
			x =	x+1;
			z = 50* sin(x);
			splat = randomInt(30);
			dist = distance2d(orb.origin,self.origin);
			calibrate = 0;
			minion moveto(self.origin+(0,0,z),(time - calibrate),0,0);
			if(self isTouching(minion))
				{
					iprintln("minion touched zombie");
					playfx(level._effect["minion_impact"],self.origin);
					playfx(level._effect["squishy_rat"],self.origin+(0,0,splat));
					self dodamage(10000);
					minion delete();
					break;
				}
			wait.05;
			if(calibrate >=1 || dist <= 75)
				{
					minion setorigin(self.origin+(0,0,50));
					playfx(level._effect["minion_impact"],self.origin);
					playfx(level._effect["squishy_rat"],self.origin+(splat,0,0));
					playfx(level._effect["squishy_rat"],self.origin+(0,splat,0));
					playfx(level._effect["squishy_rat"],self.origin+(0,0,splat));
					self dodamage(10000);
					minion delete();
					break;
				}
			else calibrate = calibrate + .05;
		}
	wait time;
	minion delete();
}

This is a trap I made, named Entity 115. It has a master singularity that floats above a totem, and then it shoots energy wave projectiles (looks like ball lightning with glowing plasma) at enemies for 1 minute. Once you upgrade it, the singularity is supposed to follow the player above their shoulder within sight of the first person view. This is the only thing I can't get to work, I included all the code that I wrote for this section if it helps.

Double Post Merge: August 13, 2016, 05:01:44 am

Sorry I keep forgetting things, on the line where it says

zombies setGoalPos(orb.origin);

Disregard//comment that out if you test it, it was just something I was fooling around with last night trying to get the zombies to path towards the singularity, which I don't think I want to use anyways. But for some reason that line (I think) was spawning a second master orb above the script model that the "original" master orb spawns at, weird... but unrelated.

Double Post Merge: August 13, 2016, 05:43:31 am

Grrr

I just realized how retarded my last edit was. I posted that script and forgot that I removed the getangles part of it so I could isolate it until I got the iprints working. So in that code, when the minions are spawned, they spawn on the master orb and path to the zombies. When the master brain part threads the zombies as self into the minion spawning logic, the minions are spawned at the master orb origin, so naturally if the orb is floating right wing to the player then the minions will follow suit, which is the intention. This is where I need to get the players angles so I can toss them into the while loop so that before the minion spawns each cycle, the master orb will get moved to the little devil spot so the minions get dispatched above the player.

Double Post Merge: August 13, 2016, 06:03:49 am

I noticed a few more errors

Here is the current working version of the script:

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#include common_scripts\utility; 
#include maps\_utility;
#include maps\_zombiemode_utility;
#include maps\ugx_easy_fx;

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
custom_trap_init()
{
	players = get_players();
	thread test_angles_and_print(players);
	orbTag = "tag_origin";
	orb = gent("radius_fx_origin");
	orb_trig = gent("custom_weapon_effects");
	orb_trig sethintstring("Press &&1 to Summon Entity 115");
	thread trap_trig(orbTag,orb,orb_trig);
	flag_init("killing_time");
}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
gent(targetname)
{
	tn = getent(targetname, "targetname");
	return tn;
}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
trap_trig(orbTag,orb,orb_trig)
{
	orb_trig waittill("trigger");
	orb_trig trigger_off();
	flag_set("killing_time");
	thread master_orb_spawn(orbTag,orb,orb_trig);
	thread master_orb_brain(orb);
}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
master_orb_spawn(orbTag,orb,orb_trig)
{
	master_orb = Spawn("script_model",orb.origin );
	master_orb SetModel( "tag_origin" );
	master_orb.angles = orb.angles;
	master_orb.origin = orb.origin;
	master_orb LinkTo(master_orb, orbTag );
	PlayFxOnTag( level._effect["trap_orb"], master_orb, orbTag );
	wait 60;
	master_orb delete();
	orb_trig trigger_on();
	flag_clear("killing_time");
	thread trap_trig(orb,orbTag,orb_radius,orb_trig);
}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
master_orb_brain(orb)
{
	while(flag("killing_time"))
		{
			iprintln("killing_time loop");
			ai = getaiarray("axis");
			excluders = undefined;
			zombies = get_array_of_closest( orb.origin, ai, excluders, 500, 500 );
			dogs = getaiarray("zombie_dog");
			if(isdefined(dogs))
				{
					for(i=0;i<dogs.size;i++)
					dogs[i] thread minions(orb);
				}
			if(isdefined(zombies))
				{
					for(i=0;i<zombies.size;i++)
						{
							zombies[i] thread minions(orb);
//							zombies[i] setGoalPos(orb.origin);
						}
				}
			wait 1;
		}
}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
minions(orb)
{
	players = get_players();
	thread test_angles_and_print(players);
	x = 0;
	iprintln("minion spawned");
	minion = Spawn("script_model",orb.origin+( 0,0,100));
	minion setmodel("tag_origin");
	dist = distance2d(orb.origin,self.origin);
	radius = 500;
	time = undefined;
	if(dist >= radius* 0.75)
		{
			time = 2;
		}
	else if(dist <= radius* 0.75 && dist >= radius* 0.45)
		{
			time = 1;
		}
	PlayFxOnTag(level._effect["trap_orb"],minion,"tag_origin");
	while(isdefined(minion))
		{
//			orb moveto(player[0].origin);
			x =	x+1;
			z = 50* sin(x);
			splat = randomInt(30);
			dist = distance2d(orb.origin,self.origin);
			calibrate = 0;
			minion moveto(self.origin+(0,0,z),(time - calibrate),0,0);
			if(self isTouching(minion))
				{
					iprintln("minion touched zombie");
					playfx(level._effect["minion_impact"],self.origin);
					playfx(level._effect["squishy_rat"],self.origin+(0,0,splat));
					self dodamage(10000);
					minion delete();
					break;
				}
			wait.05;
			if(calibrate >=1 || dist <= 75)
				{
					minion setorigin(self.origin+(0,0,50));
					playfx(level._effect["minion_impact"],self.origin);
					playfx(level._effect["squishy_rat"],self.origin+(splat,0,0));
					playfx(level._effect["squishy_rat"],self.origin+(0,splat,0));
					playfx(level._effect["squishy_rat"],self.origin+(0,0,splat));
					self dodamage(10000);
					minion delete();
					break;
				}
			else calibrate = calibrate + .05;
		}
	wait time;
	minion delete();
}
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
test_angles_and_print();
{
	while(1)
		{
			pangles = players getPlayerAngles();
			f = anglesToForward(pangles);
			u = anglesToUp(pangles);
			r = anglesToRight(pangles);
			if(isdefined(pangles))
			iprintln(pangles,f,u,r);
			wait .5;
		}
}
 
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

The test_angles_and_print() function at the end I can't get working. I don't know if it's the syntax, I can't tell which part is failing, I'm getting no errors

Double Post Merge: August 13, 2016, 06:15:54 am

+5 more idiot points for me.
*Fixed and removed undefined variable "orb_radius" on line 46

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	thread trap_trig(orb,orbTag,orb_radius,orb_trig);  //<--orb_radius removed. - same as "orb" using script for radius anyways

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