Rotate a KinematicCharacter3D towards another object in only one axis?

Question

I want to rotate a KinematicCharacter3D towards another one, rotating only one axis. I know I can use rotate_y() for what I want, but I don't understand how to calculate the direction and angle so that it will rotate towards another enemy.

I tried the look_at() function but it is buggy for what I want at least in my project. Anyone?

Answer 1

You'll need a little math for that.

so first you'll get the difference of the 2d vectors of the objects (x and y for example)

then, you need to get the arc tangent of the value you got previously

it would look something like this:

var a = Vector2(200, 600)
var b = Vector2(300, 100)
func getangle():
   var diff = Vector2(a.x - b.x,a.y - b.y) #or can just be a - b but can be bothered to check
   return atan(diff.y,diff.x) #return angle in radians. use radtodeg() if you want the angle in degrees.

the vectors used will be the axis that isnt the axis of rotation. example:
getting y rotation using x and z vectors from both objects.

after that, set the bodies rotation.someaxis to getangle!

Comments

So in this case I need to get the globaltransform.origin.x and globaltransform.origin.z of the nodes I want, is this it? With a being the target node position and b being the node position itself?

I had to use atan2 cause atan only asked for 1 argument, but it doesn't rotate right still.

Code:

var a = Vector2(locked_on_enemy.get_global_transform().origin.x, locked_on_enemy.get_global_transform().origin.z)
var b = Vector2(global_transform.origin.x, global_transform.origin.z)

rotation.y = getangle(a, b) 

func getangle(a: Vector2, b: Vector2):
        var diff = Vector2(a.x - b.x,a.y - b.y) #or can just be a - b but can be bothered to check
        return atan2(diff.y,diff.x) #return angle in radians. use radtodeg() if you want the angle in degrees.

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yeah! that should work. be sure to actually set the rotation of the object.