keeping charachter facing in the direction its travelling

schmintan

22y2.6kGDI+

ok. i have gotten some answers to this on other boards but its all in c++ and older directX ( Not directX9 & c#, which is all i know).my problem is i have a charachter. at the moment he is in a room. when he hits a wall ( or before) he is going to turn to avoid the colission. the problem is keeping the charachter always facing the direction that he/she is travelling. i am viewing the scene from a fixed position over head. the only things i have to work with is my current position, my last position and the fact that the charachter can not move along the y axis ( i am not giving the ability to jump).can anyone help with this, in as simple a way as possible, using directX 9 ( and hopefully c#)? thanks all

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bilnaad22y ago
If the character turns to avoid the collision... I suppose you coded the rotation, so the solution should be simple ;) Or did you rotate the character so it's sliding againt the colliding object?
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Mykonine22y ago
This is an algorithmic problem, not something specific to DirectX. The method I am thinking of is to find the direction the character is moving by calculating it from the current and last position, and setting that as the direction the character faces.
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