[Solved] Location of a Pick

[Shard]

I'm trying to find the object that the camera is looking at and then set another object at that position.

 

I figured I'd do this by doing a pick to see what is being looked at and then set the object there.

 

Unfortunately, the code below didn't work because it places the object (the gun body) at the points along which the pick function is run, so the body moves back and forth in a line.

Pick pick;
if(EntityPick(&pick,*camera,1000)) gun.body.SetPosition(pick.GetPosition());

 

 

And changing it to

Pick pick;
if(EntityPick(&pick,*camera,1000)) gun.body.SetPosition(EntityPosition(pick.entity);

 

Didn't move the body at all.

 

Any thoughts?

[Canardia]

You need to hide the gun before the pick and then show it again after it.

[Shard]

You need to hide the gun before the pick and then show it again after it.

 

 

Thanks that worked.

However the results aren't quite what I want them to be.

 

Is there another way that I can set the gun to be a constant distance away from the camera (at the center of the screen)?

[cocopino]

Is there another way that I can set the gun to be a constant distance away from the camera (at the center of the screen)?

When the gun is positioned correctly, parent it to the camera.