selectionPosition

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Description

Description:

Returns selection position in model space pertaining to the current animation in render time scope. When default syntax is used, command searches first in Memory level, then in Geometry level, FireGeometry level, LandContact level, HitPoints level and finally in VewGeometry level and returns on the first matching find. The alt syntax allows to specify which one of these levels to search in instead. If a selection does not exist [0,0,0] is returned.

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Sometimes internally "ViewGeometry" could be == "Geometry" and "FireGeometry" could be == "ViewGeometry". In order to pinpoint the actual LOD, use allLODs and LOD resolution as argument for selecting the LOD

Groups:

Object ManipulationRender Time Scope

Syntax 1

Syntax:

object selectionPosition selectionName

Parameters:

object: Object

selectionName: String

Return Value:

Array - relative position in model space. If selection does not exist, [0, 0, 0] is returned.

1.50

Syntax 2

Syntax:

object selectionPosition [selectionName, LOD]

Parameters:

object: Object

[selectionName, LOD]: Array

selectionName: String

LOD: String - name or Number - resolution (since Arma 3 v2.06.147638). String could be one of:

• "Memory"
• "Geometry"
• "FireGeometry"
• "LandContact"
• "HitPoints"
• "ViewGeometry" (since Arma 3 v2.06.147636)

When Number is used, command searches for a LOD with the similar resolution

Return Value:

Array - relative position in model space. If selection does not exist, [0, 0, 0] is returned.

2.06

Syntax 3

Syntax:

selectionPosition [object, selectionName, LODIndex, isVisual]

Parameters:

[object, selectionName, LODIndex, isVisual]: Array

object: Object

selectionName: String

LODIndex: Number - the index of the target LOD (see allLODs)

IsVisual (Optional): Boolean - true for Render, false for Simulation time scope. Default: true

Return Value:

Array - relative position in model space. If selection does not exist, [0, 0, 0] is returned.

Examples

Example 1:

_inModelPosition = player selectionPosition "head_hit";

Example 2:

_inModelPosition = player selectionPosition "pelvis";

Example 3:

_inModelPosition = player selectionPosition "head";

Example 4:

_inModelPosition = player selectionPosition "camera";

Additional Information

See also:

modelToWorld selectionNames getAllHitPointsDamage allLODs LOD resolutions

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Posted on June 25, 2017 - 15:13 (UTC)

Killzone Kid

Do use the filter that comes with Alt Syntax to suit your needs. For example player has 3 selections called "head" and their selectionPositions are quite different from each other: player selectionPosition ["head", "Memory"]; // [0.173798,0.330415,1.37783] player selectionPosition ["head", "FireGeometry"]; // [0.14375,0.206039,1.44689] player selectionPosition ["head", "HitPoints"]; // [0.144257,0.306769,1.53471]