Setting eyeLocation/f of a player?

I can't seem to figure out if this is possible, does anyone know if it is?

 

Max_The_Link_Fan
If you are asking to get the block of the player's head level, just add 1 to the Y of the player's location.

If you are asking to get their line of sight, there's a specific getLineOfSight() method.

 

AoH_Ruthless I believe it's the line of sight, I'm talking about the direction the player is facing.

 

Max_The_Link_Fan I think this is related to Vectors. I'll look into it for you (since I need this for a plugin I am making).

 

Max_The_Link_Fan
Get the direction of the player's Location by calling getDirection() in Location.

 

Max_The_Link_Fan
I think I misread your title by accident, so sorry about that.

 

Max_The_Link_Fan I just happen to know a fair bit about vectors. Now when you look up stuff about it, you'll see a bunch of confusing bits and bobs with pitch and yaw and whatnot. This is unnecessary with the Bukkit API. To get a player's vector/velocity, do this:

Code:java

player.getEyeLocation().getDirection();

After this, you can manipulate that velocity. Say you want to launch the player forward in whatever direction they're facing. Do this:

Code:java

player.getEyeLocation().getDirection().multiply(3);

You can mess around with the 3 and change it to however powerful you want it. Say you want to launch someone straight up. You can do something like this:

Code:java

player.getEyeLocation().getDirection().add(0,3,0);

Again, that 3 is interchangeable. You can mess around with the different methods and figure out what you want to do.

I hope this helped!

 

Zach_1919 WRONG! it's player.setVelocity(/*your stuff*/) if you want that to work

 

JRL1004 OHH yeah sorry about that, haven't worked with them in a while. Do everything the same that I said, but insert my code into the parenthesis:

Code:java

player.setVelocity(**MY PREVIOUS CODE**);

So something like this:

Code:java

player.setVelocity(player.getEyeLocation().getDirection().multiply(3));

 

Max_The_Link_Fan So I think I made a method to do this, I'll post if it works or not once I test it (which I am about to).

 

JRL1004
Err.. why..? Vectors are easy enough to work with..

 

The_Doctor_123 Why test? Because even though vectors are simple, I am still human and want to make sure I did not have any mistakes.

 

JRL1004
You didn't understand what I said correctly. I was meaning to say that you can't really make Vectors any more simple. It's a bit pointless to make a method to do something unless if it's really complicated Vector math.

 

The_Doctor_123 Not true, sometime you just want to be lazy like me and put something like setPlayerEyeLocation(Player, Location) and have it done

 

JRL1004
You positive about those arguments?

Anyway, as good as it is to take advantage of methods, that's a bit too far.

 

The_Doctor_123 Well I would've had the math within the method to compensate for whatever arguments I choose. As for taking methods too far, what is wrong with making a method for everything I plan to use more than once? If I can get a decent reason not to I will make it a personal goal to cut down on unnecessary methods

 

JRL1004
What you're doing is almost like this:

Code:java

public int add(int v1, int v2)
{
  return v1 + v2;
}

 

The_Doctor_123 Umm not really, I'm not so bad that I use methods for that. My methods are usually from 3 to 30 lines depending on complexity. Of course 3 lines isn't much but it beats one.