setDir

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LALocalGEGlobal

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Description

Description:

Sets object heading. Angles are measured in degrees clockwise from north. The accepted heading range is from 0 to 360 Negative angles represent a counter-clockwise angle and the angle can be of any size.

Groups:

Uncategorised

Syntax

Syntax:

Unit setDir heading

Parameters:

heading: Number

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

_soldier1 setDir 45 Will set soldier1 to face North East

Example 2:

_soldier1 setDir -675 Will also set soldier1 to face North East

Additional Information

See also:

getDir

Notes

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Notes

Posted on May 9, 2007 - 20:43 CET

Manny

Though effects of this command remain local, you can do a setPos afterwards to synchronize the direction on all machines in MP. myObj setDir 90; myObj setPos getPos myObj;

Posted on January 9, 2009 - 22:21

Killswitch

In ArmA, the effect of setDir is synchronized across the network.