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Angle between two points? - Graphic Ace - Nov 8, 2008 09:36 AM
I am trying like crazy to get the angle of Rotation between two points an just can't seem to figure it out
This is what I am trying to do
Object Position (First Points)
Object Position + Object Speed (Second Points)
Distance between = Rotation?
I have found a way to almost get the right angle but I need it to be FLAWLESS
opp= Object.y - Object.y + Speed;
adj = Object.x - Object.y + Speed;
Rotation Angle = atan(opp/adj) *180/PI;
Angle between two points? - Blacktiger - Nov 8, 2008 09:55 AM
I'm confused, do you mean the angle between two points and the origin? You need three points for an angle.
Angle between two points? - TomorrowPlusX - Nov 8, 2008 10:19 AM
I'm not certain I understand the question fully, but that being said, look into atan2()... it's significantly more useful than vanilla atan()
Angle between two points? - Graphic Ace - Nov 8, 2008 10:56 AM
i just tried tan2 & it to failed.
What I am trying to do is have
Object point to Object + Speed
Angle between two points? - ThemsAllTook - Nov 8, 2008 11:15 AM
Please provide more details. What inputs do you have, and what output are you trying to compute? What does "i just tried tan2 & it to failed" mean? What does "Object point to Object + Speed" mean? Your question is incomprehensible the way it was phrased.
Angle between two points? - Graphic Ace - Nov 8, 2008 11:39 AM
If I launch a projectile what would the Angle be between the Objects present Position & the previous Position
Angle between two points? - macnib - Nov 8, 2008 12:11 PM
I still think your confused. But I think you might be assuming its the angle in respect to the ground?
I suppose you could create a delta vector.
//create delta
delta_vec = position_new - position_old
//copy it
ground_ref = delta_vec
ground_ref.y = 0
Now you have two vectors. Normalize both of them. Take the dot product of both vetors. Now, cos( theta ) = dot( v1 , v2 ) . Just do inverse arc cos on the dot product and you should get theta in radians. To convert to degrees just multiply it by 180/pie . It will return a value betwen 0 and 180.
Hope that helps.