[SNIPPET][CLIENT]GetXYInFrontOfPlayer

[Hell_Demon]

function getXYInFrontOfPlayer( distance ) 
    local x,y,z = getElementPosition( getLocalPlayer() ) 
    local rotation = getPlayerRotation( getLocalPlayer() ) 
    rotation = rotation/180*3.141592 
    x = x + ( math.sin(rotation) * distance ) 
    y = y + ( math.cos(rotation) * distance ) 
    return x, y 
end 

I didn't test this because I dont have MTA installed at the moment, its a conversion from GetXYInFrontOfPlayer on sa-mp.

If there are problems post them here

Edited April 28, 2008 by Guest

[lil Toady]

return x, y 

instead of

return x 
return y 

It exits the function as soon as 'return' is fired in any programming/scripting language i know, so in your case it'd only return x

[tma]

A few things:

+ return x,y (already pointed out)

+ It's probably x = x - math.sin(...) (not x = x + )

+ rotation as returned from getPlayerRotation() is in degrees. math.sin/cos are in radians so you'll need math.rad() in there.

[Hell_Demon]

I thought the multiple returns in lua meant more then 1 return after eachoter meh didnt know it needed to be on 1 line

[Cazomino05]

theres a pi function the the math librarys too its a bit more acurate

[DiSaMe]

theres a pi function the the math librarys too its a bit more acurate

And it's best to use math.rad() instead of rotation = rotation/180*3.141592

[Hell_Demon]

i dont think people will go 'omg i will never join this server again! the car/player spawned 0.00001 cm to far to the right'