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sprite

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Posted: 13th Apr 2008 02:15 Edited at: 13th Apr 2008 18:45

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Hi all

I found and edit this code to fit my program. The problem I'm having is the zombies rotates all the time. They look like walking spinning tops. Its very funny to watch but not what I'm aimming for. I want the zombie to point at the player.

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if zmobf =0
    POINT OBJECT x,X#, Y#,Z# `point zombie at player
    

    `Turn OBJECT left 
    yang#=wrapvalue(object angle y(x))
    dx#=object position z(x)-object position x(12)
    dz#=object position z(x)-object position z(12)
    angle#=atanfull(dx#,dz#)

    if wrapvalue(yang#)> wrapvalue(angle#-15)
       if wrapvalue(yang#)< wrapvalue(angle#-1)
        right=1
       endif
    endif
    if wrapvalue(yang#)< wrapvalue(angle#+15)
    if wrapvalue(yang#)> wrapvalue(angle#+1)
        left=1
    endif
    endif
    if right=1 then yrotate object x, wrapvalue(yang#+1)
    if left=1 then yrotate object x, wrapvalue(yang#-1)
       

endif

Thanks for your time.

I'll add something later on.

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KISTech

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Posted: 13th Apr 2008 20:55

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x# = object position x(plr)
y# = object position y(plr)
z# = object position z(plr)

point object zombie, x#, y#, z#

This will simply point the zombie at the player.

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sprite

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Posted: 13th Apr 2008 21:58

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Thanks KISTech that sorted the spinning top problem. However the zombies are a bit pissed off from too much spinning they have there backs to me.

I'll add something later on.

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Virtual Nomad

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Posted: 13th Apr 2008 23:01

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add this when you load the zombie model:

yrotate obect Zombie, 180.0
fix object pivot Zombie

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Thank you Virtual Nomad much better then the SET OBJECT TO OBJECT ORIENTATION command I was using. Sometimes caused my zombies to disapper off the map.

I'll add something later on.

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