Setting the angle to point at the mouse

[MediYama]

If I want to set the angle of an object (Active) to point at the mouse, how would I go about that? I have tried several stuff, nothing worked.

Thanks in advance.

[DanielRehn]

Set Angle
Direction("Advanced Direction Object", X("Active"), Y("Active"), XMouse, YMouse)

I'm a little unsure about the Y's... you might need to flip the y values...Also, if you did'nt notice.. you need the advanced direction object!

[MediYama]

Thanks, that worked; how would I go about this with setting the direction? (I noticed that it doesn't really um, work with directions)

[DanielRehn]

Well..Divide the result of the direction calculation with 11.25 is a simple solution

Set Direction -> Expression
Direction("Advanced Direction Object", X("Active"), Y("Active"), XMouse, YMouse) / 11.25

[Werbad]

You can also setup the Advanced Direction Object to use 32 directions instead of the default 360.

[MediYama]

Thanks, I got everything to work.

[DanielRehn]

You can also setup the Advanced Direction Object to use 32 directions instead of the default 360.

Indeed! ^^

[LB]

Why are you usingthe direction object? Use the active pitur object, it has a 360 look at mouse feature.

[DanielRehn]

True, but if you want animated objects or such, it's not an option Otherwise it works just fine! ^^