Cant setdir to attached Object ???

[logan83 11]

y try to do this and dont work...

Soldier attachto [Table, [0,0,0]];

soldier setdir 180;

the soldier is attached to the table... but i can rotate the soldier :|

Ok forget... the soldier is named as local variable... sorry...

Edited October 22, 2013 by Logan83
SOLVED!!!

[lappihuan 178]

look at the examples of the BIKI for attachTo it explain that very well.

best regards

Lappihuan

[Noddan 11]

Hello, I also have this issue, how did you solve it?

I'm trying to attach a notepad (called "notepad") to a desk (called desk1) and rotate it 90 degrees. I feel like I've tried every solution suggested in them concerning "setDir" and "setVectorDirAndUp".

For instnace (used in the notepad's init line):

notepad attachto [desk1,[0,0,0.4]]; 
notepad setdir 90; 
notepad setpos getpos notepad;

(this one leaves the notepad on the ground, rotation still unchanged, even if I change it to "setDir 110" for instance)

And as the examples suggests on BIKI:

notepad attachto [desk1,[0,0,0.4]]; 
notepad setVectorDirAndUp [[0.5,-0.5,0],[0.5,0.5,0]];

(nothing happens by adding the setVectorDirAndUp line, no matter the numbers)

//Noddan

[dmarkwick 261]

Have you tried setting the direction first then attaching?

[2nd ranger 282]

attachTo is broken. You can setDir an object that is attached to a unit, and vice versa, but not an object attached to another object.

Have you tried setting the direction first then attaching?

An attached object's direction always reverts to 0, relative to the "front" of the thing it is attached to.

Edited November 7, 2013 by 2nd Ranger

[Noddan 11]

@DMarkwick: Yes, no difference

@2nd Ranger: Thanks for the heads up!

[Noddan 11]

Killzone Kid found a workaround in the feedback tracker, you have to execute the commands twice at the moment.

notepad attachto [desk1,[0,0,0.4]]; 
notepad setdir 90; 
notepad attachto [desk1,[0,0,0.4]]; 
notepad setdir 90;

and

for "_i" from 1 to 2 do {
notepad attachto [desk1,[0,0,0.4]]; 
notepad setVectorDirAndUp [[1,0,0],[0,0,1]];
};

both work!

Check out issue ID: 0007228

//Noddan

[Tankbuster 1733]

Note that this doesn't fix the issue when on dedicated servers.

[johnnyboy 3741]

Is using SetDir after Attaching to an object no longer working?

 

Nevermind.  Please ignore this post.  Using setdir after attachTo works as it should.