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getPedCameraRotation

Client-side
Server-side
Shared

Pair: setPedCameraRotation

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This function gets the current camera rotation of a ped.

Note

The camera rotation angle returned by this function is 360º - α (where α is the actual camera rotation angle). See example to know how to deal with this.

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  • Method:ped:getCameraRotation(...)
  • Variable: .cameraRotation

Syntax

float getPedCameraRotation ( ped thePed )
Required Arguments
  • thePed: the ped to retrieve the camera rotation of.

Returns

  • float: value

Returns the camera rotation of the ped in degrees if successful. Returns false if an invalid element was passed.

Code Examples

shared

This example creates a/getrotationcommand which outputs the expected camera rotation of the player which types it.

addCommandHandler( "getrotation",
function ()
local rot = 360 - getPedCameraRotation(localPlayer) -- Also fix the camera rotation
outputChatBox("Your camera rotation is " .. rot .. "º", 0, 225, 0)
end
)

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