Make Object Point towards Cursor

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#1

Hello! this is my first post so please bear with me. I have an object that I want to have point at the mouse cursor, but I also want it to stay at the same X/Y cords. Any idea how I would go about doing that? Thanks, Lakeside

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#2

Hi!

This is actually something I’ve been meaning to do for a while, so I just now added a function called pointTo for making this easy.

Add this code to a wick object and it will point towards the mouse~

function update() {
    this.pointTo(mouseX, mouseY)
}
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#3

Thanks! I am actually doing a project to show what I am able to do to the
Entertainment Technology Center of Carnegie Mellon University! I will be sure to tell them that you helped! Thanks, Lake

#4

Sweet! Feel free to post any projects you make on the forums, would be cool to see!

#5

In Wick 1.16.1 pointTo() does not work (error: this.pointTo is not a function). Instead, I use this code: (link)

onEvent('update', function () {
    pointTo(this, mouseX, mouseY);
});

function pointTo(obj, loc_x, loc_y) {
    angle = Math.atan2(loc_x - obj.x, - (loc_y - obj.y) )*(180/Math.PI);      
    obj.rotation = angle;
}
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#6

is pointTo() even a function in the list of builtin functions? I don’t see it anywhere.

#7

It might have seeing zrispo said it (Probably in legacy). And got removed in future update

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