[LUA] rotate box along with camera

[dennis]

heya guys,

 

a few months ago I created a part in my script where I draw a box and position it at the camera, on movement it moved along with me and on turn it turned with the camera, always facing the same direction. since I lost that script, because of my poor backup (and the engine updated).. I am not able to achieve it anymore, can someone help me with this ?

 

as seen here: http://www.indiedb.com/games/banned/news/inventory-and-hud

 

cheers

[Ma-Shell]

Just parent the box to the camera. No code needed.

[beo6]

after an update your script should not be lost. You should look for .bak* files in the project folder if you can find it.

[dennis]

Just parent the box to the camera. No code needed.

I know, but I want it to do using code, easier to do... because I have more scenes to deal with, and I don't feel like setting those up. still thanks though

 

after an update your script should not be lost. You should look for .bak* files in the project folder if you can find it.

 

Still can't find it, there was a strange bug at my side. it was totally lost

[shadmar]

box->SetParent(camera);

[dennis]

Hey shad,

Already did that, ain't working. here's the code I'm using:

BarL = Model:Box(1,0.5,0)
BarL:SetParent(self.camera,false)
BarL:SetColor(1,1,1,1)
BarL:SetPosition(-1.3, -0.55, 1.2)
BarL:SetRotation(35,-85,0)
BarL:SetShadowMode(0)
local BarLMat = Material:Load("Materials/HUD/maindisp/hud_bottom_energybars/hude_10.mat")
BarLMat:SetDepthTestMode(false)
BarL:SetMaterial(BarLMat)
BarL= Model:Create()

 

problem is, it won't rotate with the camera. it first did, but since LE 3.4 it doesn't.

 

Cheers

 

Btw, that is for the left side, since the Hud is built in several parts

[shadmar]

This works for me:

 

   BarL = Model:Box(1,0.5,0)
   BarL:SetPosition(self.camera:GetPosition(true)+Vec3(0,0,2))
   BarL:SetParent(self.camera)

[dennis]

Where did you placed it? function Script:Start() ? or somewhere else ?