Hey guys, I’m new here, and I’m hoping you guys can give me a push to the right direction… And I hope I am using the correct forum.
So, I have a third person view game with a controlled player. I am trying to add the ability to simple turn left or right, so rotating the player model.
The issue I am having is I can only rotate approximately 45 degrees and then rotating stops(though the Vector x value continues to change). I’ve tried several different methods but each comes out with the same result, maybe someone can explain? I would greatly appreciate it 
Here is the most recent code I used…
Couple of things to point out, I have created a character class for the player to bind some other information.
player.getCharacter() = CharacterControl
player.getModel() = the model Node.
[java]
private AnalogListener analogListener = new AnalogListener() {
public void onAnalog(String name, float value, float tpf) {
if (name.equals(“TurnLeft”)) {
Vector3f axis = player.getCharacter().getViewDirection();
axis.x = axis.x - 2*tpf;
player.getModel().rotateUpTo(axis);
System.out.println("Speed: "+speed);
}
if (name.equals(“TurnRight”)) {
//
}
}
};
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When axis.x reaches approximately -6 or 6, that’s when the rotating becomes really slow… eventually to a stop.
Any help or suggestions will greatly be appreciated, and thanks in advance
ViewDirection is a direction vector, not a rotation…
K, I thought that was a bit weird but I made the best progress with ViewDirection…
I looked the math wiki that talked about Quaternions, spent a day trying to understand and trying the different examples… Couldn’t get any to work.
Is it abnormal for the basic rotate function on a Spatial with the CharacterControl control attached to it not rotate at all?
I mean, my current code atm is:
[java]
private AnalogListener analogListener = new AnalogListener() {
public void onAnalog(String name, float value, float tpf) {
if (name.equals(“TurnLeft”)) {
teapot.rotate(0, 2*tpf, 0);
Vector3f axis = Vector3f.UNIT_Y;
float angle = 3.14f;
Quaternion rot = player.getModel().getLocalRotation().fromAngleAxis(angle, axis);
player.getModel().rotate(rot);
}
}
}
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My teapot does rotate, but my player does not even budge.
If you want to rotate a direction vector around its origin with a Quaternion, use myQuaternion.multLocal(myVector).
Thanks I got it
For those who had a similar issue with the graphic portion… here is what I did
[java]
Vector3f compass = player.getCharacter().getViewDirection();
Quaternion rot = player.getModel().getLocalRotation().fromAngleAxis(2tpf, compass.UNIT_Y);
rot.multLocal(compass);
player.getModel().rotate(rot);
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or -2tpf to rotate clockwise.