weaponDirection

Description

Returns the direction that the vehicle weapon is aiming in. For addons the weapon name must be an entry in CfgWeapons.

Note

Turret and gun angle in degrees can also be obtained using animationSourcePhase or animationPhase commands.

Syntax

vehicleName weaponDirection weaponName

Parameters:

• vehicleName: Object
• weaponName: String

Returns: Vector3D

Examples

Example 1

_weaponVectorDir = player weaponDirection currentWeapon player;

Example 2

Draw AI eye direction (green) and weapon direction (red) in 3D:

bob = createGroup east createUnit ["O_Soldier_F", [0,0,0], [], 0, "NONE"];
bob setVehiclePosition [player modelToWorld [0,100,0], [], 0, "NONE"];
onEachFrame
{
    _beg = ASLToAGL eyePos bob;
    _endE = _beg vectorAdd (eyeDirection bob vectorMultiply 100);
    drawLine3D [_beg, _endE, [0,1,0,1]];
    _endW = _beg vectorAdd (bob weaponDirection currentWeapon bob vectorMultiply 100);
    drawLine3D [_beg, _endW, [1,0,0,1]];
};

See also

positionCameraToWorld · getCameraViewDirection · eyeDirection · vectorDir · vectorDirVisual