Hello

I have been using Blitz3d for some years before switching to 3dgs
Blitz supplies a nice features : pivot
You can create a pivot as parent entity and you make children entities turn around it
A smart tool indeed
Does 3dgs supply something similar ?
A combination of comands would be also fine
A reference to the (excellent) AUM would be also useful
Thanks in advance

One trick is to edit the model in med such that its origin is not centered on the model. For example, if you wanted a door, you'd move the door so that the origin is on the left or the right edge.

thanks

If so the distance beetwen the model and the new origin is constant
No problem for a door but suppose to have a character turning around something, but the distance is variable

It can be done in 3DGS but you have to write
some codes instead of a single command.

Code:

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entity* someObject

var cbabe_dist = 100; // play with it
var cbabe_angle = 0;

// assign this action to cbabe, for example.
action cbabe_turn
{
   while(my != NULL)
   {
      my.x = someObject.x + cbabe_dist * cos(cbabe_angle.pan);
      my.y = someObject.y + cbabe_dist * sin(cbabe_angle.pan);
      my.z = someObject.z;

      cbabe_angle += 1 * time;
      vec_set (temp.x, someObject.x); 
      vec_sub (temp.x, my.x); 
      vec_to_angle (my.pan, temp); // face the object
      wait(1);
    }
}

// assign action to some object
action someObject_act
{
   someObject = my;
   while(my != NULL)
   {
     	my.y += (key_cul - key_cur) * 5 * time;  // move your object around
	my.x += (key_cuu - key_cud) * 5 * time;
	wait(1);
   }
}

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