[CrazY.]

Hello, how I can convert one origin vector into a angle vector? I've tried with vector_to_angle but it didn't work.

public Camera_Think(this)
{
    static pevOwner, Float:flNextThink, Float:vecAngles[3], Float:vecOrigin[3];

    pevOwner = get_entvar(this, var_owner);
    flNextThink = get_gametime() + 0.1;

    if (is_nullent(pevOwner))
    {
        set_entvar(this, var_nextthink, flNextThink);
        return;
    }

    get_entvar(pevOwner, var_origin, vecOrigin);
    vector_to_angle(vecOrigin, vecAngles);

    vecOrigin[2] += 250.0;

    set_entvar(this, var_angles, vecAngles);
    set_entvar(this, var_v_angle, vecAngles);
    entity_set_origin(this, vecOrigin);
    //set_entvar(this, var_fixangle, 1);

    set_entvar(this, var_nextthink, flNextThink);
}

[fysiks]

If you replace "origin" with "direction", that is literally the definition of of vector_to_angle() so why would you think it's not working? Also, it's been around for a long time, I'm sure if it wasn't working, it'd be reported by now.

It sounds like something else that you are doing is actually wrong. If you want to claim vector_to_angle() is broken, you'd have to test only that function and nothing else.

[Natsheh]

Do debugging.

What actually are you trying to do? (Where do you want to put the camera)

[Black Rose]

I might be wrong here and I cant look stuff up right now.
An origin is a position, it contains no angles.
A vector is a normalized(?) angle, ranging from -1.0 to 1.0, used for adding a distance in a certain direction by multiplication, like get_user_aim(). Not sure about other uses, not great at trigonometry.

I’m guessing that you want to calculate the angle from one origin to another and adding a height (which you must do before calculating the angle). I don’t know how to do that but I’m sure someone do. Does your camera just change angle from a fixed point or do you want it to follow like any third person camera would?

[CrazY.]

Basically what I'm trying to achieve is what @Black Rose said, calculate a angle from camera origin to owner origin and set camera origin above of the owner, and yes, the camera will follow owner as an 3rd person.

How it must look:


How it's looking right now:


That's why I suppose it's not working, Not sure if I forgot anything or I'm just doing it wrong way.

[Ghosted]

Origin to Angle? wut, how this gonna work
Here's camera plugin: https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=280234

[klippy]

If the camera should be looking in the same direction the player is looking, just set its angle to be the same as player's.
To position it such that it's always behind the player, convert player's view angle into a vector and mulitply it by distance * -1.

[Natsheh]

I have some questions are you trying to attach the camera 3rd person to the player or the entity (tank)

If its the tank does pevOwner = to the tank entity?

PHP Code:


public Camera_Think(this)
{
    static pevOwner, Float:flNextThink, Float:vecAngles[3], Float:vecOrigin[3];

    pevOwner = get_entvar(this, var_owner);
    flNextThink = get_gametime() + 0.1;

    if (is_nullent(pevOwner))
    {
        set_entvar(this, var_nextthink, flNextThink);
        return;
    }

    static Float:fVector[3], Float:fPlayerVAngles[3];
    get_entvar(pevOwner, var_origin, vecOrigin);
    get_entvar(get_entvar(pevOwner, var_owner), var_v_angle, fPlayerVAngles);
    angle_vector(fPlayerVAngles, ANGLEVECTOR_FORWARD, fVector);
    fVector[0] = vecOrigin[0] + (fVector[0] * -50.0);
    fVector[1] = vecOrigin[1] + (fVector[1] * -50.0);
    fVector[2] = vecOrigin[2] + 250.0;
    vecAngles[0] = fPlayerVAngles[0];
    vecAngles[1] = fPlayerVAngles[1] * (fPlayerVAngles[1] > 0.0) ? -1:1;

    entity_set_origin(this, fVector);
    set_entvar(this, var_angles, vecAngles);
    set_entvar(this, var_fixangle, 1);

    set_entvar(this, var_nextthink, flNextThink);
} 


[CrazY.]

I'm trying to attach the camera to the tank, not player. Camera owner is tank, and tank owner is player. I'm not trying to achieve 3rd view, it looks more with "upside view/top-down", like what whe see in 2d games.

[klippy]

So it should always look down but rotate the same way the tank rotates?