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mike5424
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Posted: 30th Apr 2009 20:40
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i would like to know how to make it so when the player can see an object it starts moving towards them for example:

when i see the rocket it starts moving towards me

i use the "if object visible" code but when i try using somthing like "move object 5,.4" it moves in one direction how would i make it move towards me?

also how do i instantly rotate an object? when i try it takes around 10-20 seconds to rotate

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Izzy545
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You can point it at the players position before you tell it to move, for example, assume you're storing your players X, Y, and Z values in X#, Y#, and Z# variables, you can point an object to them like this:

point object 1, X#, Y#, Z#

Just replace the object number 1 with the object you want to move to the player.

After that, when you tell it to "move object 5,.4" it will move towards the player.

To instantly rotate an object, just use the regular rotation commands and set the angle to be the end rotation angle you want.

Say you wanted to rotate an object to 90 degrees on the X axis, you'd say:

xrotate object 1, 90

Or if you want to rotate it to angles on the X, Y, and Z axis:

rotate object 1, 270, 0, 90

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mike5424
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Posted: 30th Apr 2009 21:45
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thx, i am about to test it now thank you

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bobbel
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i don;t know if you know this, but if you wanna do it when the player sees the object, you can use "Object in screen" command, but this doesn't work for walls and stuff

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Posted: 4th May 2009 01:42
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This is the best way, for me anyhow, just make an invisible box, use it as a trigger, so when the player you, are in the box then the guy follows you, when your not in the box he will not follow you.

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bobbel
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never thought of it like that, thats the best way i think

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set camera position (object position x(obj), object position y(obj), object position z(obj) )

point camera at object( forgot variables for this)

set object to camera orientation(obj)
then reset camera to player (old positions)....

or something like that... it's a neat little trick that's only possible b/c of DB's high level coding... also, it'll use a TON of resources compared to the above, so only use it in small games. I've done it... (not in anything I've released tho)

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