Messing with Angles and Positions

[ashtonlp101]

So I'm working on a feature where I want an object to be placed right in front of me when I activate an ingestible. I have everything figured out except out to place the object in front of me no matter which direction I face. Moveto doesn't work because no matter which direction I face, the X, Y and Z axis stay the same, so say my character is facing a Z rotation of 45 degrees, and I type moveto 100 0 0. It will place it 100 degrees X of me no matter where I face. Does the GECK have a command that can get around this issue, or am I going to have to do some calculations within my script?

Edited April 11, 2021 by ashtonlp101

[GamerRick]

Maybe you could set the XYZ positions, but I think you would need to disable/set XYZ/enable across frames.

[madmongo]

You are going to need to do some calculations.

 

See the discussion on this page:

https://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/7320086-how-to-moveto-an-actor-in-front-of-the-player/

[dubiousintent]

Final summary of that thread added as "TIP Relocating objects to Player by script" in the "Scripting" section of the wiki "Getting started creating mods using GECK" article.

 

-Dubious-

Edited April 12, 2021 by dubiousintent

[IntenseMute]

TommInfinite's new NVSE plugin (SUP NVSE Plugin) has a function for this.

 

GetCalculatedPos

Float AngleVar
Float DistanceVar
Float fOutX
Float fOutY
			
Begin GameMode
	Set AngleVar To Player.GetAngle Z
	Set DistanceVar To 100 ;Modify this value to determine distance from player
	Player.GetCalculatedPos AngleVar DistanceVar fOutX fOutY
	Let fOutX -= Player.GetPos X
	Let fOutY -= Player.GetPos Y
	<REFERENCE>.MoveTo Player fOutX fOutY 0
End

Edited April 12, 2021 by IntenseMute

[ashtonlp101]

Beautiful, thank you all.

[dubiousintent]

Updated the wiki Tip with IntenseMute's info on "SUP NVSE Plugin" function.

 

-Dubious-