I have a ship that orbits a planet, It have a Center pivot that helps me orient the Camera, I need a way to align the pivot with the center of the planet so it is always level. Just an FYI I position entity and rotate the pivot independent of the Ship, because I want the pivot to maintain it's orientation independent of the Ship. Can anyone Help?
Aligning a Pivot to
Blitz3D Forums/Blitz3D Programming/Aligning a Pivot to Could you have another go at explaining that? I've read it several times and am still unsure what you mean.
Not quite sure what you mean either but have you tried pointing the camera at the planet using PointEntity ?
Ok, I have a Ship, with a Pivot Child.
I have a Sphere, with the ship orbiting around it. Draw a line from the center of the sphere thru the Ship. and align the Pivot's Y axis to that Line. how do I determine the Angles to align the Pivot?
Any better?
I have a Sphere, with the ship orbiting around it. Draw a line from the center of the sphere thru the Ship. and align the Pivot's Y axis to that Line. how do I determine the Angles to align the Pivot?
Any better?
It sounds like something you might be able to use aligntovector for...
vx#=EntityX(ship,1)-EntityX(planet,1)
vy#=EntityY(ship,1)-EntityY(planet,1)
vz#=EntityZ(ship,1)-EntityZ(planet,1)
AlignToVector campiv,vx,vy,vz,2
Not entirely sure if that is what you want or not though. The camera pivot should perhaps not be a child of the ship, I thought that was what you said first of all. It will make a difference.
vx#=EntityX(ship,1)-EntityX(planet,1)
vy#=EntityY(ship,1)-EntityY(planet,1)
vz#=EntityZ(ship,1)-EntityZ(planet,1)
AlignToVector campiv,vx,vy,vz,2
Not entirely sure if that is what you want or not though. The camera pivot should perhaps not be a child of the ship, I thought that was what you said first of all. It will make a difference.