Arma 3 Scripting

Command in Math - Vectors

vectorDir

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Description

Returns an object's direction vector in world space.

Important

The vector is not necessarily normalized. The magnitude of the vector depends on the object's scale.

For an object facing one of the cardinal directions on perfectly flat ground (parallel to the XY-plane of the world space), vectorDir returns simple values:

Syntax

vectorDir object

Parameters:

Returns: Vector3D

Examples

Example 1

_vecDir = vectorDir MyObject;

See also

vectorModelToWorld · vectorDirVisual · vectorSide · vectorSideVisual · vectorUp · setVectorDir · setVectorUp · setVectorDirAndUp · vectorDiff · vectorAdd · vectorMultiply · vectorCrossProduct · vectorDistance · vectorMagnitudeSqr · vectorDistanceSqr · vectorCos · vectorMagnitude · vectorDotProduct · vectorNormalized · vectorFromTo · BIS_fnc_transformVectorDirAndUp