Angles to Vectors helpp!

[Brian Smithers]

Ok
so I have a simple mod that uses angles and vectors and stupid trig
but
i have the angle, now how do i convert it to a vector so I use it to send people in that direction :c?

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[Headcrab Zombie]

You could look up polar to cartesian coordinate conversion.
If no one helps you by the time I get home from class, I'll give you what I have when I did this

[Brian Smithers]

just for the sake of explanation
im checking if anyones within a radius of someone, then shoving them outside the circle. in a perfect line of the person in the middle.
the legs are easy, then apply pythag and then get the angle. though how do you push someone in that direction D:

[Xalos]

If it's in radians, you can just use mSin and mCos on the angle to get the X and Y coordinates of the vector.

[Brian Smithers]

Blasfdjaksdfjda this looks complex. time to dive in! After I do my stuff ton of homework of course :)

If it's in radians, you can just use mSin and mCos on the angle to get the X and Y coordinates of the vector.

or if it's in degrees... mDegToRad

[Headcrab Zombie]

Ok I looked up the conversion myself and this looks familiar

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x = r × cos( θ )
y = r × sin( θ )
r is the scale of the vector you want, θ is the angle (you'll need to convert it to radians)
So basically what Xalos said, just in psuedocode form

[Brian Smithers]

Ok I looked up the conversion myself and this looks familiar

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x = r × cos( θ )
y = r × sin( θ )
r is the scale of the vector you want, θ is the angle (you'll need to convert it to radians)
So basically what Xalos said, just in psuedocode form

So for what Im doing, increasing R would increase the speed of the person when you launch him?

[Ipquarx]

So for what Im doing, increasing R would increase the speed of the person when you launch him?

Yes.

[Headcrab Zombie]

Yes.

True, but increasing the scale of the vector would effectively increase the speed at which the player is launched
Ok you editted that between when I read and when I quoted

[Ipquarx]

My first response was "no it's the scale" because I horribly misread.

But, if he did set r to the radius, and threw in the distance to the player, he could make it push an exact distance away from the player, which would be very cool if you ask me.

[Brian Smithers]

function getLaunchVector(%pos1,%pos2)
{
   %x1 = getWord(%pos1,0);
   %y1 = getWord(%pos1,1);

   %x2 = getWord(%pos2,0);
   %y2 = getWord(%pos2,1);

   %x = %x1 - %x2;
   %y = %y1 - %y2;
   %r = 10;

   %angle = mAtan(%x / %y);

   return %r * mCos(%angle) SPC %r * mSin(%angle);
}

Does that look right ;-;?

[Ipquarx]

mAtan(mTan(

wat

[Brian Smithers]

mAtan(mTan(

wat

:C idk

[Ipquarx]

Remove the %h line, replace the other part with mATan(%x/%y)

[Brian Smithers]

Remove the %h line, replace the other part with mATan(%x/%y)

can you elaborate on that :(