Vectors and MoveTo in Scripting

Created on: November 25, 2016, 04:17:43 am

Does this code look correct to make a brushmodel move.

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doorL = GetEnt(blahblahblah);
vectorarray = [];
			vectorarray[1] = 80; vectorarray[2] = 0; vectorarray[3] = 80;
	  		vector = VectorScale( vectorarray , 1 );

doorL MoveTo( doorL.origin + vector, 10, 10 * 0.25, 10 * 0.25 );

Marked as best answer by MegaMech43 9 years ago

Reply #1 on: November 25, 2016, 07:21:02 pm

BluntStuffy
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Seems a bit overcomplicated, but first of all let me note that i'm not too familiar yet with bo3 code. I'm still stuck in WaW finishing my project, still i'm pretty sure this will apply to both. But do keep in mind the actuall code might be a bit different!!

An array index starts at 0, so if you want to define a vector like that, do:

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vectorarray[0] = 80;
vectorarray[1] = 0; 
vectorarray[2] = 80;

but tbh, why not just do:

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doorL.origin + ( 80,0,80)

Also i dont think you are using the vectorscale() right, this is a bit of code from WaW that would move 50 units to the right from the start_pos:

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	angles = self getPlayerAngles();
	angles_right = AnglesToRight( angles );

	start_pos = self.origin;
	new_pos = start_pos + vectorScale( angles_right, 50 );

-But why not even do it easier, and put a script_struct on the origin where the brush needs to move to.
-Make the brush target the struct with the 'targetname' and 'target' KVP's
-in the script do ( remember WaW code, so it might be slightly different! )

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doorL = GetEnt(blahblahblah);
door_target = GetStruct( doorL.target, "targetname" );

doorL MoveTo( door_target.origin, 10, 2.5, 2.5 );

Last Edit: November 25, 2016, 08:57:21 pm by BluntStuffy

Reply #2 on: November 27, 2016, 01:12:29 am

Ah hahaha. Can't believe I put [1] instead of

. Such a nooby mistake.

First of all I think the last two parameters of MoveTo needs to be under "1" ex "0.5" in order to work.

Now here's my next problem and a huge frustration at radiant tools.
Let's take the Z value (Which should actually be Y, up and down).
In radiant tools it takes the top of the model. Whether the center or a corner I don't know.
For the method MoveTo it takes the very center of the model.
So when I position the model in radiant tools, and copy the coordinates, I get a very different output in-game.
Any way around this? Is it possible to move the manipulation handles to the edge?
It would be nice if the game told you the size of your object.

This code works.

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doorL = GetEnt("craft_door_a", "targetname");
door_target = GetEnt( "craft_door_a_target", 
doorL MoveTo( (-1213.4,723.6,265), 3, 0.3, 0.3 );

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