Object always facing KSPs main camera - HELP regarding script

[slumpie]

Basically, what I'm trying to do is to get an object (any) to always face the main camera in KSP, respectively *you*.

If any is not clear enough, it really can be anything, a sphere, a cube, whatever. Setting pivots is not a problem by the way.

Is it something simple like this?

var camera : Transform;

function Start() {

camera = GameObject.FindWithTag("FlightCamera").transform;

}

function Update() {

transform.LookAt(camera);

}

Or is find not even required?

What about something along these lines:

var cam : FlightCamera;

function Update() {

transform.LookAt(cam.transform);

}

As far as I'm aware the object has to be placed so that the top points towards Y+, that would be facing up in relativity to the target, and Z+ would define the direction that's facing towards the reference object.

Questions:

• Under what reference is KSPs camera tagged anyway? Is it "FlightCamera"?
  
• Can I even refer to it and how?
  
• And how am I going to set up target in Unity then?
  

MOST IMPORTANTLY:

• How do I get this to work?
  

Thanks in advance for any help, if any.

EDIT: Script language isn't that important, although I guess Javascript is to be favoured.

Edited September 26, 2014 by slumpie

[CaptainKipard]

I don't understand. Are you trying to write a plugin?

[slumpie]

No, it's about adding a new behaviour script to a gameobject, which defines how its rotation relativ to another gameobject has to be.

I can target another gameobject in the same scene in a relatively simple manner, but I don't know how it's done if the ressources are external, respectively internal in KSP. The actual question is how I can target the main camera without having it in the loaded Unity Scene (which I can't, can I? Possibly an empty gameobject that's linked to it and acts as a placeholder? I don't know how it's handled in Unity).

Behaviour scripts are added as components to gameobjects, that's why this thread is in the Modelling and Texturing Discussion Forum.

On the dynamics of modelling and texturing rocket parts and other related things.

Or am I wrong?

Edited September 26, 2014 by slumpie

[nli2work]

better check in the plugin development forum, especially since you are looking for information on how KSP references game objects in and across scenes.

[slumpie]

I see, maybe I can get a mod to move this thread...

Thanks.

[Diazo]

The main camera in the flight scene can be accesses via

FlightCamera.fetch.mainCamera

I suspect that

yourObject.transform.LookAt(FlightCamera.fetch.mainCamera.transform.position)

will work (with appropriate syntax checking).

D.

[slumpie]

Thanks I'll try this, I'm on the way to work now though. Will take a while.

[slumpie]

The main camera in the flight scene can be accesses via

FlightCamera.fetch.mainCamera

I suspect that

yourObject.transform.LookAt(FlightCamera.fetch.mainCamera.transform.position)

will work (with appropriate syntax checking).

D.

No that just doesn't work. If I do it that way then the part doesn't even show up.

I can't even tell how many variations I tried...

Most of the time the part loaded just fine (different code but with FlightCamera.fetch.mainCamera), but never rotated.

By the way the game crashed two times because of "mono.dll caused an Access Violation"

Edited September 27, 2014 by slumpie

[sarbian]

Err, you said you are adding a behaviour script to a gameobject, but how are you loading the object ? The part tool does not export script. The only way to do that is a plugin

[slumpie]

Sooo KSP basically just says f that Unity function and doesn't want any srcripts bound to gameobjects?

Quite shocking I must say... and embarassing on my end. I bet I should've noticed that.

Even as a bloody newbie

I'll try that and let you know if it works as a plugin, thanks.

EDIT: Although that doesn't really explain why it caused the part not to show up or even crash the game...

Edited September 29, 2014 by slumpie