How can I take a 3D Object (such as a person) and from the camera tell the 2D screen location? Ignoring depth and so forth?
Is this even possible?
Is this even possible?
« on: July 27, 2011, 02:22:33 PM »
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11Dogs
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2011, 02:37:30 PM »
Yes! You can!
What's it for?
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i3DLocationToScreen(Vector3,Vector3,OBJ_X)
Vector3 = screen location. Return data.
Resulting coordinates specify a screen location using
the same convention used for iObjectLocationSet()
when the object is a Sprite, a ValuePrint or a TextPrint object.
NOTE: if the source 3d location is outside the viewing
frustum returned 2d coordinates will be outside the screen.
NOTE: if the source 3d location is behind the camera,
returned 2d coordinates will be both 1000000000.
Vector3 = source 3d location to convert to screen coordinates.
OBJ_X = camera object to be used as a reference.What's it for?
11Dogs
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2011, 02:45:03 PM »
Thanks! 
Well, I had an idea of putting player names or whatever else above a player. Maybe by attaching an eventonlocation and an if statement I could make the name appear when you are a certain distance away from an object. After getting the screen location of the object I want to display a sprite and text above the player/object. Make sense?
Well, I had an idea of putting player names or whatever else above a player. Maybe by attaching an eventonlocation and an if statement I could make the name appear when you are a certain distance away from an object. After getting the screen location of the object I want to display a sprite and text above the player/object. Make sense?
11Dogs
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2011, 02:36:40 PM »
I feel stupid now... just looking through the Script_function_usage_examples folder and found basically the exact thing I want to do. Sorry I wasted your time. 
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