A question about look_at()

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:bust_in_silhouette: Asked By bitdev

So I was recently creating a drag and move mechanic in my game and it was successful.
Then I just wanted to make the player look at the cursor with:

look_at(Vector3(pos.x, translation.y, pos.z), Vector3(0, 1, 0)

and it works…

However when I tested the game, the player suddenly doesn’t go in the direction of the mouse; atleast some certain directions. When I removed the look_at() function, it definitely works… Can you help me please?

The function:
var space_state = get_world().direct_space_state

var mouse_position = get_viewport().get_mouse_position()
var cursor_pos = Vector3()

rayOrigin = camera.project_ray_origin(mouse_position)
rayEnd = rayOrigin + camera.project_ray_normal(mouse_position) * 20000

var intersection = space_state.intersect_ray(rayOrigin, rayEnd)

if not intersection.empty():
	var pos = intersection.position
	
	Input.set_mouse_mode(Input.MOUSE_MODE_HIDDEN)
	$Cursor/CursorMesh.visible = true
	look_at(Vector3(pos.x, translation.y, pos.z), Vector3(0, 1, 0))
	if Input.is_action_pressed("click"):
		var point = Vector3(pos.x, translation.y, pos.z)
		direction = point - transform.origin
		motion = direction.normalized()
		motion += transform.basis * direction
else:
	Input.set_mouse_mode(Input.MOUSE_MODE_VISIBLE)
	$Cursor/CursorMesh.visible = false`

It will help if you put a test project with minimal setup on github and give the link. Is it possible?

RinAkumetsu | 2023-01-18 21:25

sure 3D Orthogonal Turn-Based RPG v0.1 by Median

bitdev | 2023-01-19 14:51

It says “You do not have access to this page. This game has been restricted by the author and can not be downloaded.” =(

RinAkumetsu | 2023-01-19 14:57

that should do it, try again

bitdev | 2023-01-19 15:54

Ok, what do you want to achieve with the motion += transform.basis * direction line? Because if you remove that line and just set motion to motion = direction.normalized() or motion = direction, a player moves to the right direction already.

RinAkumetsu | 2023-01-19 18:20

ok thanks a lot :smiley:

bitdev | 2023-01-20 01:33

also while youre at it can you help me with the SwipeDetector script? And open the Player At Battle scene

bitdev | 2023-01-20 01:36

First of all you have to enable “emulate touch from mouse” property in project settings. Then there is a strange logic how you determine the end of touch. Try this: func _input(event): if not event is InputEventScreenTouch: return if event.is_pressed(): _start_detection(event.position) else: _end_detection(event.position)

RinAkumetsu | 2023-01-20 08:23

can you send me the full code?

bitdev | 2023-01-20 08:37