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#1 GetPosition() ?

#2 Can you please elaborate a bit more?

#3

function flightStatus()
{
echo("Welcome to Torque airlines. The aircraft is currently flying above " @ localclientconnection.player.getPosition() @ ", and we are currently cruising at a steady speed of " @ VectorLen(localclientconnection.player.getVelocity()) @ " torks, With a heading of " @ localclientconnection.player.getForwardVector());
}

#4 Now that's more like it :). Thanks James.

#5 Hm...on second thought, getForwardVector, getVelocity and getPosition seem to be undeclared. Did you try out that function James?

#6 Those should all be set on the Player and Vehicle classes. What type of object are you calling them on? What's the error it gives you when you try?

#7 Sorry, but I was looking for this in the docs, just to check it out and I can't seem to find it in the Player or Vehicle Class Reference. I'm looking through a Doxygen build of the latest HEAD release.

Could you tell me where to find GetPosition() in the docs?

Thanks

#8 Keep in mind that localclientconnection will not work in a network (MP) game.

#9 So, I guess it's not in the docs then? If it's declared then shouldn't Doxygen generate it?

#10 The chain looks a bit like this
SceenObject->GameBase->ShapeBase->Player

GetPosition is part of SceenObject

ConsoleMethod( SceneObject, getPosition, const char*, 2, 2, "Get position of object.")
{
   char *returnBuffer = Con::getReturnBuffer(256);
   const MatrixF& mat = object->getTransform();
   Point3F pos;
   mat.getColumn(3,&pos);
   dSprintf(returnBuffer,256,"%g %g %g",pos.x,pos.y,pos.z);
   return returnBuffer;
}

-Ron

#11 Doxygen won't generate it because it's scripting, not C++. Doxygen only documents the C++ side of things.

#12 Many thanks for the response, it really helps to clear things up.