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Drifter
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I'm try to get a little 3D target to appear exactly 60 (units?)away from my ship and it has to be straight ahead. I tryed all this COS SIN stuff that my dad tried to teach me but I'm pretty young and it doesn't work. Can someone help me?
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TKF15H
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position the target in the same place as the ship, point it in the same direction the ship is in, then:
move object (target number), 60

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Drifter
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But then you would see it go. Isn't there a way to find you the position in the first place?

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John H
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Posted: 25th Jul 2003 06:32
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Try exploring the SYNC command (if thats what your thinking about) and the MOVE OBJECT and POSITION OBJECT commands elsewise.

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Drifter
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ok thanks but I'll take it there is no easy way to get that position .

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ReD_eYe
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newxvalue and newzvalue???
this will give you the position 60 units ahead of you

newx#=newxvalue(currentx#,current y angle#,60)
newz#=newzvalue(currentz#,current y angle#,60)
newy#=newyvalue(currenty#,current x angle#,60)

the variables newx# and newz# and newy# now contain the exact position 60 units in front of your current position at the same angle that you are facing.

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Posted: 25th Jul 2003 18:46
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I still dont quite get what hes asking

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TKF15H
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If you turn SYNC ON, position the object, move it, THEN sync, you won't see it go.
ReD_eYe's idea is basically the same thing.

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thanks everybody


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ReD_eYe
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@TKF15H
good point, wasn't thinking too hard when i posted my slightly more complicated version, unless you moved the object in small increments you won't see it move at all, although if it was called every loop it would look like it was jumping backwards and forwards from the player to the correct point, my way will just move it to the next posisition straight away

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You wouldn't see it move at all on my version. You can move an object over 10 times in a loop and the only one that matters is the one before the next sync.

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another way to position it would be to make the target a limb of your ship. i think.

this would work wouldnt it?

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