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gareth
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Posted: 26th Jan 2004 21:56
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hi need help
im trying to make a space sim, with the same sorta controls as FREELANCER, where you have a mouse target, and the spaceship rotates to point at the target, how do i do this, and wud it be best to use a sprite for the target or an actual object? it will be in 3rd person
-thanks
any help wud be great
-gafy
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Bishop
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Posted: 27th Jan 2004 04:02 Edited at: 27th Jan 2004 04:03
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freelancer huh.....awsome game....

anyway, i would make the object rotate on its axis by rotateing it by the current angle+mousemovex() or something along those lines....try makeing the make a mouselook control, but in place of the camera, use the object....

hope i helped,
Bishop

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gareth
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Posted: 27th Jan 2004 18:48
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yes sort of worked, although its very responisive, i want to change hen u push the mouse up, the ship will gradully change to point at the mouse target?
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