timid hill
Could you clarify? "Points" by definition are only a position; they cannot "face" anything.
Based on your question, I would assume that you have two points (let's call them a and b), a radius (r) and a direction (d) in which your start and end points (s, e) are offset.
In that case, getting s and e would simply be a matter of calculating
s = a + (d.normalized * r)
and likewise for e, with a changed for b.
long scaffold
Yeah I'm very confused
sharp umbra
hmmm yeah.... i doubt i can give a better explanation 😄
known, 2x 3D world positions( black dots )
now lets say this position has a quad facing( the black outlined circle for that matter, also representing the radius ) the other world position
within a radius, i want a starting position, that will then draw a straight path to the ending position
does that help?
long scaffold
Zenvin gave the solution
sharp umbra
ok, just wanted to give more details just try to help clarify more
long scaffold
er wait
it's going to be p2 - p1 + start
where p1 and p2 are those center points
and start is at some distance away from p1
sharp umbra
so could you reformat that for me because i am way in over my head
sharp umbra
public static void CalculatePositions(Vector3 p1, Vector3 p2, float radius, float distanceFromP1, out Vector3 startingPosition, out Vector3 endingPosition)
{
// Calculate the direction vector from p1 to p2
Vector3 direction = (p2 - p1).normalized;
// Calculate the starting position
startingPosition = p1 + direction * distanceFromP1;
// Calculate the ending position
endingPosition = startingPosition + direction * radius * 2; // Assuming you want to move twice the radius from the starting position
}
i put this convo into chatGPT and he created this
is that anywhere close? 😄
long scaffold
I refuse to look at chatgpt code on this server
sharp umbra
ok, ignore that last... i came up with this code snippet, but i suck at math, how am i doing?
🤷♂️
long scaffold
why do you have distance from p1 as a param
don't you always want it at p2?
like you'd never want the point halfway between p1 and p2
sharp umbra
sigh...
long scaffold
?
sharp umbra
I should have added to my question that this is a spoon fed question, because i do not have the skills to "work it out" myself
long scaffold
spoon feeding is also something we don't do on this server
sharp umbra
Thanks for your time, i will wait for someone who understands my dependable position
long scaffold
no problem. im happy to help you understand more or direct you to resources