GetObjectRotation

Object rotation can be retrieved from objects in mapfiles or objects that are created in scripts.

Syntax

float float float getObjectRotation ( object theObject )       

Required Arguments

• theObject: The object whose rotation will be retrieved

Returns

Returns three float if object exists, false in the first variable and nil in the other two if it's invalid.

Example

If a player points at an object with a gun, it will output it's rotation to the player.

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Server

function onPlayerTargeted ( element )
    if ( isElement(element) and getElementType ( element ) == "object") then
        local x,y,z = getObjectRotation(element)
        outputChatBox("Object rotation: "..x.." "..y.." "..z,source)
    end
end
addEventHandler ( "onPlayerTarget", getRootElement(), onPlayerTargeted )

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Client

function onPlayerTargeted ( element )
    if ( isElement(element) and getElementType ( element ) == "object") then
        local x,y,z = getObjectRotation(element)
        outputChatBox("Object rotation: "..x.." "..y.." "..z,source)
    end
end
addEventHandler ( "onClientPlayerTarget", getRootElement(), onPlayerTargeted )

See Also

Shared

• createObject
• getObjectScale
• moveObject
• setObjectScale
ADDED/UPDATED IN VERSION 1.6.0 r21765:
isObjectBreakable
setObjectBreakable
• stopObject