Hi,

I have got my character to rotate so that it faces the direction that it will be moving when the W key is pressed, however this only works for a certain amount to each side. I cannot turn my camera 180 degrees and have the character follow it. The code I am using is shown below.

void Game::calcRotAngle(Model *p) {
	float dot = xAxis.DotProduct(heading);

	float theta = acos(dot);

	float angle = theta * 180/PI;

	p->rotAngleZ = -angle;

	/*char text[256];
	sprintf_s(text, "Angle: %5f", angle);
	DebugOut(text);*/
}

The "heading" Vector is calculated from the position the camera is looking at - the camera's eye position to get the forward vector for where the camera is looking.

Can anybody help me to understand why this isn't working as I want it to?

Thanks,

Chris

Hi,

Thanks for your reply so fast.

I have the stuff you mentioned in your Edit for my velocity setting. The problem was just getting the character to rotate to face the way it is moving.

In regards to the atan2, what would I actually be using for the parameters of that function?

Sorry, I've just been trying to get this rotation working for quite a while now and staring at it makes me annoyed now :(

Thanks,

Chris

Oh wow, I totally should have known that...

Thanks again for the help. I feel really stupid right now :D

Ahhh, thank you for the extra explanation. Now I just need to try to remember that for the future :P

The code is now working properly and my character rotates as expected.