setRotation to match player rotation

[tender charm]

Hi guys,

I am trying to make an entity face the same way the player is, but I am unsure how to setup the vector2 for setRoatation.

I am currently using this:

entity.setRotation({x: (player.getViewDirection().x), y: 0});

But it isn't working.

Any help would be greatly appreciated 😉

[warm light]

getViewDirection and setRotation is Vector3, so you just have to exclude one axis you dont need

exclude as in setting it to 0

[tender charm]

ahh, I forgot it's a vector 3. How would I do that, as I thought the ".x" after it would only take the x axis?

[warm light]

well you still have to define other axis

which axis do you need

[tender charm]

I just want them to face the same direction as the player, no need for up and down.

I have this, from https://darkgameryt.github.io/ScriptAPI-Docs/versions/1.21.0/classes/mojang_minecraft.Entity.html#setRotation

shows it only needs 2 axis?

[warm light]

ah right

it doesnt need z axis

[tender charm]

yeah, so setting y to 0 would leave as is right? then matching x to the player view x I expected to work

[warm light]

gimme a sec

[tender charm]

Thanks 🙂

[warm light]

i forgot setRotation is Vector2

ill brb

@tender charm since view direction returns the 'direction' the player is looking at (ex. looking at positive x returns 1 for x), you might need math for this

[tender charm]

ahh, okay, I will give that a go, thanks!

I can't work out the math for this, vectors twist my brain too much lol.

I will try and find another way, thanks though Seawhite!