Setting unit's rotation on the z axis

[Element of Water]

I just wondered... how do you set a unit's z rotation? Is it even possible? If it is I could use it in my map, so I would really appreciate it if someone could help me.

Thanks,

Element of Water

 

[Avator]

In the Object Editor (F6), you got 2 parts called 'Maximum Pitch Angle (degrees)' and 'Maximum Roll Angle (degrees)'. They can flip your unit. Hold shift (to allow negative numbers) and double-click 1 of those. Then set the number to -90 to flip him 90 degrees. Positive numbers don't work if you want to force a unit to always walk in a certain angle. If you enter a positive number, that will be the max angle he can walk when walking up a hill.

I'm not sure if you can change this by trigger.

 

[Element of Water]

No sorry I knew about that... let me rephrase my question -
How can I set a unit's rotation on the z axis using JASS?

EDIT: Why did this get moved? It's a triggers/script question...

 

[Element of Water]

rotating a unit on the z axis

*sigh*
I tried to post this here before but it got moved because it looked like it was object-editor related...

Anyway, how can I, using JASS, rotate a unit during the game on the z axis? Any help appreciated.

 

[PurplePoot]

Use iNfraNe's dummy.mdx.

 

[Avator]

Well it is a Trigger & Scripts question now you mentioned that you need it for JASS. Before that it was a World Editor question xD

But back to the topic: I don't know any JASS, so you'll have to ask Rui to move this back or delete this and make a new thread in the Triggers & Scripts Section where you specifically mention you need to change it in JASS.

 

[spiwn]

You mean set unit facing?

 

[Element of Water]

@PurplePoot
Use his dummy then do... what?

@spiwn
No I mean Z axis. SetUnitFacing() is X/Y axes.

 

[spiwn]

No, there isn't such a function in Jass.

P.s. And you got it wrong. Rotating a unit around the Z axis is setting it's facing.
Note what the Z axis is in wc3:

And no, you can't rotate something in an axis, you can do so in a plane(i.e. in the plane defined by X axis and Z axis) or around an axis.

 

[Element of Water]

No I haven't got it wrong at all. I know where the axes are in wc3. When I say ON the z axis I mean like this... If that explains it...

 

[Element of Water]

In my original thread I did add the

 prefix... Oh well I created a new thread now.

 

[spiwn]

That is clear enough
And my answer is still no. There is no function that does this.
But maybe PurplePoot's suggestion could work, i guess.

 

[GhostWolf]

@PurplePoot
Use his dummy then do... what?

If I'm not wrong he made an animation for that.
You can't do that with any in-game units as warcraft doesn't give you a native for it and so he solved it with an animation.

 

[Element of Water]

Oh right so I attach my model to the dummy unit with his model, then I use SetUnitAnimationByIndex(myUnit, INT).... but what is INT?

 

[Avator]

Well the prefix is just a guide to the content of the thread. If there's nothing in the thread related to JASS, you can give it whatever prefix you want, but it's not going to help xD

 

[PurplePoot]

It has 180 animations, use SetUnitAnimationByIndex. 90 = straight forward. 0 = straight up? or down, can't remember. 180 = the opposite of 0.

 

[Element of Water]

ok, but, using this model, when I attach a unit model to it I can't play that unit's animations? That's quite annoying...

 

[IncubiProtocoL]

Heres my idea but it doesn't work. Maybe this could be made to work? Can make bones face different Z offsets. The head & chest works though! Well the chest worked until I converted it into custom text. Then I looked up the bone names in a model editor. EDIT: These bones are from the footman.

function Trig_left_Actions takes nothing returns nothing
call SetUnitLookAt( gg_unit_hfoo_0000, "bone_head", gg_unit_hfoo_0000, 0, 0, 180.00 )
call SetUnitLookAt( gg_unit_hfoo_0000, "bone_chest", gg_unit_hfoo_0000, 0, 0, 180.00 )
call SetUnitLookAt( gg_unit_hfoo_0000, "bone_leg1_L", gg_unit_hfoo_0000, 0, 0, 180.00 )
call SetUnitLookAt( gg_unit_hfoo_0000, "bone_leg1_R", gg_unit_hfoo_0000, 0, 0, 180.00 )
call SetUnitLookAt( gg_unit_hfoo_0000, "bone_Pelvis", gg_unit_hfoo_0000, 0, 0, 180.00 )
call SetUnitLookAt( gg_unit_hfoo_0000, "bone_arm1_L", gg_unit_hfoo_0000, 0, 0, 180.00 )
call SetUnitLookAt( gg_unit_hfoo_0000, "bone_arm1_R", gg_unit_hfoo_0000, 0, 0, 180.00 )
endfunction

//===========================================================================
function InitTrig_Trigger takes nothing returns nothing
set gg_trg_Trigger = CreateTrigger( )
call TriggerRegisterTimerEventPeriodic( gg_trg_Trigger, 0.10 )
call TriggerAddAction( gg_trg_Trigger, function Trig_left_Actions )
endfunction

 

[Element of Water]

I've tried that but it doesn't work in a loop...