Global velocity vector of vehicle turret

[draobrehtom]

How to compute Velocity vector of Vehicle turret relative to Global World?
I did some calculations and this is what I have been able to reach:

local lrotX, lrotY = getVehicleTurretPosition(occupiedVehicle) 
-- Compute local 3D vector from bearing and elevation math
local tVx,tVy,tVz = math.cos(lrotX) * math.cos(lrotY), math.sin(lrotX) * math.cos(lrotY), math.sin(lrotY)

Maybe I need to calculate the difference of rotation angles turret and my vehicle, and then to compute Vector by formula above? 

 

Edited September 11, 2016 by draobrehtom

[draobrehtom]

Maybe it's will be better, if I told you, that I need this vector for setting velocity of createProjectile. Have you any ideas?

[Captain Cody]

Can you explain what you are trying to do a bit better please?

[draobrehtom]

47 minutes ago, CodyL said:

Can you explain what you are trying to do a bit better please?

local lrotX, lrotY = getVehicleTurretPosition(occupiedVehicle) 
-- Compute local 3D vector from bearing and elevation math
local tVx,tVy,tVz = math.cos(lrotX) * math.cos(lrotY), math.sin(lrotX) * math.cos(lrotY), math.sin(lrotY)
-- Compute global 3D vector from above
-- Create projectile (for vehicle, with x, y, z start position, xr, yr, zr for rotation vector, xvel, yvel, zvel for velocity vector)

I need send rocket from turret of S.W.A.T vehicle. For that I need  xvel, yvel, zvel.

Edited September 11, 2016 by draobrehtom

[Captain Cody]

Will this be of use??

 

getElementMatrix

[_DrXenon]

I would like to point out that getVehicleTurretPosition returns the degree in radians not in degrees. Therefore, convert from radians to degrees using math.deg(angel).. Not sure if that gets the global rotation but if it doesn't, I guess figuring out the global angel by getting the rotation of your vehicle and your turrent wouldn't be hard.

But I believe that if you use math.deg to the returns of the function, You gonna get the global degree.

[draobrehtom]

48 minutes ago, SuperCroz said:

I would like to point out that getVehicleTurretPosition returns the degree in radians not in degrees. Therefore, convert from radians to degrees using math.deg(angel).. Not sure if that gets the global rotation but if it doesn't, I guess figuring out the global angel by getting the rotation of your vehicle and your turrent wouldn't be hard.

But I believe that if you use math.deg to the returns of the function, You gonna get the global degree.

How to get difference (x,y,z - vehicle rotation) and (x,y - turret rotation)?

Edited September 11, 2016 by draobrehtom

[_DrXenon]

3 minutes ago, draobrehtom said:

How to get difference (x,y,z - vehicle rotation) and (x,y - turret rotation)?

turning the turret x,y rotation into degrees did not help? because I think the x,y rotation of the turret are global and not according to the vehicle rotation (local)

well anyway.... if it is not;

the real (global) turret rotation would be: rotx = (the vehicle horzintal rotation + turrent horezintal rotation) and roty=  (the vehicle's vertical rotation + the turret's vertical rotation)

^ probably.

[draobrehtom]

2 minutes ago, SuperCroz said:

turning the turret x,y rotation into degrees did not help? because I think the x,y rotation of the turret are global and not according to the vehicle rotation (local)

well anyway.... if it is not;

the real (global) turret rotation would be: rotx = (the vehicle horzintal rotation + turrent horezintal rotation) and roty=  (the vehicle's vertical rotation + the turret's vertical rotation)

^ probably.

No, because you have a two axis Eulers in 3D World in Turret. We need to convert it to 3 axis, but how? I will try to find formula.

Edited September 11, 2016 by draobrehtom

[Walid]

Sorry i don't undrestand what you want exactly, if you want  to get the target position just get the aiming vector from turret's rotation and combine it with turret's position using getVehicleComponentPosition and then transform the result into world coordinate  by multiplying it by vehicle's matrix (you need to use  getElementMatrix). 

in case you don't know  the turrent component  (misc_a, misc_d , misc_b) .

 

[_DrXenon]

1 hour ago, draobrehtom said:

No, because you have a two axis Eulers in 3D World in Turret. We need to convert it to 3 axis, but how? I will try to find formula.

mate, you don't need 3 axis for the turret rotation, Just get the vertical degree (up/down) and horizontal degree (left/right) and set the last - useless - degree as 0 since it would not really matter.

 

[draobrehtom]

3 minutes ago, SuperCroz said:

mate, you don't need 3 axis for the turret rotation, Just get the vertical degree (up/down) and horizontal degree (left/right) and set the last - useless - degree as 0 since it would not really matter.

 

Ok, and which will be "up/down" in my vector velocity createprojectile, uh?

Edited September 11, 2016 by draobrehtom

[Captain Cody]

Z axis would be up and down.

[_DrXenon]

well probably the vertical rot is probably the rotY in the projectile and the horizontal rot is the rotX in the projectile and rotY as 0.

If I'm wrong you can try other options than the one mentioned above..

14 minutes ago, draobrehtom said:

Ok, and which will be "up/down" in my vector velocity createprojectile, uh?

velx,vely,velz are not required. It just decide the velocity of the projectile on it is creation. velocity is the speed of the projectile, If you want it to start from 0 and let accelrate normally, you just leave them blank or 0,0,0

[draobrehtom]

28 minutes ago, SuperCroz said:

velx,vely,velz are not required. It just decide the velocity of the projectile on it is creation. velocity is the speed of the projectile, If you want it to start from 0 and let accelrate normally, you just leave them blank or 0,0,0

"velocity" in projectile it is a vector direction flying of rocket and I need this direction from turret direction.

I think it work's in such way (projectile). 

Edited September 12, 2016 by draobrehtom

[draobrehtom]

1 hour ago, Walid said:

Sorry i don't undrestand what you want exactly, if you want  to get the target position just get the aiming vector from turret's rotation and combine it with turret's position using getVehicleComponentPosition and then transform the result into world coordinate  by multiplying it by vehicle's matrix (you need to use  getElementMatrix). 

in case you don't know  the turrent component  (misc_a, misc_d , misc_b) .

 

Thank's for the helping answer (misc elements). I was did that by this way:

local mis_x, mis_y, mis_z = getVehicleComponentPosition(occupiedVehicle, "misc_c", "world")
local miss_x, miss_y, miss_z = getVehicleComponentPosition(occupiedVehicle, "misc_b", "world")
mis_x,mis_y,mis_z = mis_x - miss_x, mis_y - miss_y, mis_z - miss_z

local matrix = getElementMatrix(occupiedVehicle)  
x = 0 * matrix[1][1] + 0 * matrix[2][1] + 4 * matrix[3][1] + 1 * matrix[4][1]        
y = 0 * matrix[1][2] + 0 * matrix[2][2] + 4 * matrix[3][2] + 1 * matrix[4][2]        
z = 0 * matrix[1][3] + 0 * matrix[2][3] + 4 * matrix[3][3] + 1 * matrix[4][3]        

createProjectile(g_P, 19, x, y, z, 200, nil, 0, 0, 0, mis_x, mis_y, mis_z)

Thank you guys, I hope our discussion and this code will help other people.

Edited September 12, 2016 by draobrehtom

[Jusonex]

Just for the sake of completeness:

I suggest you use MTA's matrix functions instead. If you also use getVehicleTurretPosition it would look like this (getVehicleComponentPosition is fine though):

bindKey("space", "down",
	function()
		local vehicle = localPlayer:getOccupiedVehicle()
		if not vehicle then
			return
		end
		
		-- Get vehicle turret angles in radians
		local rotHorz, rotVert = getVehicleTurretPosition(vehicle)
		
		-- Calculate vector from this rotation
		local turretDirection = Vector3(-math.tan(rotHorz), 1, math.tan(rotVert))
		
		-- Transform vector into world coordinate system
		local projectileDirection = vehicle.matrix:transformDirection(turretDirection)
		
		-- Create projectile
		createProjectile(localPlayer, 19, vehicle:getPosition() + Vector3(0, 0, 2), 1, nil, 0, 0, 0, projectileDirection)
	
	end
)

 

[obuhhh]

20 hours ago, draobrehtom said:

No, because you have a two axis Eulers in 3D World in Turret. We need to convert it to 3 axis, but how? I will try to find formula.

Z-turret's axis - its x-axis vehicle, I thing.

[NegativeIQ]

On 9/12/2016 at 11:33 AM, Jusonex said:

Just for the sake of completeness:

I suggest you use MTA's matrix functions instead. If you also use getVehicleTurretPosition it would look like this (getVehicleComponentPosition is fine though):

bindKey("space", "down",
	function()
		local vehicle = localPlayer:getOccupiedVehicle()
		if not vehicle then
			return
		end
		
		-- Get vehicle turret angles in radians
		local rotHorz, rotVert = getVehicleTurretPosition(vehicle)
		
		-- Calculate vector from this rotation
		local turretDirection = Vector3(-math.tan(rotHorz), 1, math.tan(rotVert))
		
		-- Transform vector into world coordinate system
		local projectileDirection = vehicle.matrix:transformDirection(turretDirection)
		
		-- Create projectile
		createProjectile(localPlayer, 19, vehicle:getPosition() + Vector3(0, 0, 2), 1, nil, 0, 0, 0, projectileDirection)
	
	end
)

 

Decided to mess around a bit so i tested code and everything is fine except that when you are looking behind projectiles are launched in in opposite direction from the turret.