Camera rotation?

#1 If your player is named 'player' then this is how you could do it:

// the move forward function
function moveforward(%val)
{

   // get the player's eye transform or where they are looking
   %playerEyeTransform = player.getEyeTransform();

   // get the player's position
   %position = player.getPosition();

   // set vector for storing the player's eye transform rotation which is 3,4,5
   %rotationVec = getWords(%playerEyeTransform, 3, 5);

   // set the amount of rotation of the player's eye transform
   %rotationTheta = getWord(%playerEyeTransform, 6);

   // now set the player's transform to it's position, the eye transform's rotation vector and amount of rotation
   player.setTransform(%position SPC %rotationVec SPC %rotationTheta);

   // move forward
   $mvForwardAction = %val;
}

it's sloppy, but it should get you moving along. i used it for a proof of concept demo.

the important thing here is that it is your attached camera has control of the eye transform, not the player model, so, you are getting that eye transform from where you camera is looking and setting the player model to face that same direction while keeping the player's same position, of course. this is a very sudden change in orientation for the player, and you probably want to do something to smooth the transition out.

#2 Hmmm...doesn't work here..we use the starter.fps (TSE port)...hmm...I wonder if the starter.fps needs to be modified in order to get it working.

#3 In game.cs in the server/scripts folder in the TSE demo folder, see how I named the player 'player'.

// Create the player object
   %player = new Player(player) {
      dataBlock = LightMaleHumanArmor;
      client = %this;
   };
   MissionCleanup.add(%player);

The script above is default.bind.cs from the client/scripts folder in the TSE demo folder.

#4 Ah yeah - thx Anton. Now it works - I'll tweak it a bit now. I owe you one ;)

#5 My pleasure