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Newcomers DBPro Corner / Point object confuddled

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Nights Bane
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Posted: 2nd Jan 2010 00:03
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Im using this as debug code:



10 is my Player Object, I want my player to point at the mouse coordinates, yet the player object is doing some unusual rotation, he's positioned at 0,0,0 and faces north.
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Nights Bane
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Posted: 2nd Jan 2010 01:06
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Okay, I found a post that suggests I do this:



The behaviour is getting more like it. Going to try variations on this, its still not quite right, doesnt seem to rotate very much.
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Zaibatsu
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Posted: 2nd Jan 2010 04:53
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The problem is that MOUSEX() and MOUSEY() are 2d screen coordinates, and you can't point a 3D object at them. You need to use the PICK SCREEN command to get a 3D coordinate out of it.

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