# Rotation Problem

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//The Mouseposition.
Vector2 m_EndPos = m_Input.MousePos;
//The current position of the player.
Vector2 m_CurPos = m_Player.Position;
//Normalised directional vector.
Vector2 m_Direction = m_EndPos;
m_Direction.Normalize();

float InvCos = (float)Math.Acos(m_Direction.X / 1);
float Angle = MathHelper.TwoPi - InvCos;
m_Player.Rotation = Angle;

I've got the code you see above and it should rotate my character to face the mouseposition. The code is in C#. Can anyone tell me what's wrong with it.

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You should look into atan2().

The code should be something like this I think

Vector2D diff = playerPos - mousePos;
float rotation = atan2(diff.y / diff.x);

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There're are a few little misstakes:

1. Vector2 m_Direction = m_EndPos;
This should be: Vector2 m_Direction = m_EndPos - m_CurPos;

2. float InvCos = (float)Math.Acos(m_Direction.X / 1);
Almost correct :) I think you want to take the x-axis as reference. Than the cosinus of the angle is defined as:
cos(angle)=dot(m_Direction,(1,0))=m_Direction.X*1+m_Direction.Y*0=m_Direction
float InvCos = (float)Math.Acos(m_Direction.X);

3. float Angle = MathHelper.TwoPi - InvCos;
InvCos will always be between [0...PI] (180 degree). If you want to map this to [0..2*PI] you have to consider if your direction is left or right of your reference axis. In this case your code should look like:
float Angle=0;
if(mDirection.Y<0) { //right of your reference axis
Angle = MathHelper.TwoPi - InvCos;
} else { // left of your reference axis
Angle = InvCos;
}

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Ashaman

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Thank you very much for helping me out with this. :)

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if you are going to use code with a division remember to have a check for divide by zero and handle it seperately.

dy/dx you have to check if dx is 0 and if so the angle is two of the multiples of pi/2 (depending on which quadrant system you are using).

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Dealing with angles is always messy. Can't you simply store the orientation of the player as a vector? That approach usually makes life easier.

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I can calculate the angle using vectors I suppose, but xna can't work with them for rotations as far as I know.

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