Convert the player location(Answered)

Ceak

I am trying to get an enemy to face the player. I found a post that gave an example of how to do this, however, the positions needed to be specific (1, 0): 'right', (-1, 0): 'left', (0, 1): 'down', (0, -1): 'up'.

When I try and calculate the distance to the player with, vec_to_player = (player.global_position - global_position) I do not get a whole number most of the time.

My question is how can I get the specific numbers I need to compare the direction to?

TwistedTwigleg

I have not tested it, but normalizing and then rounding should give vectors that are close the ones you gave as an example. Something like this:

# Using direction_to allows us to skip the normalization part :)
var vec_to_player = global_position.direction_to(player.global_position)
vec_to_player = vec_to_player.round()
print (vec_to_player)

Ceak

Thank you very much, that was what I was looking for. Much appreciated!

cybereality

Awesome. I've made the thread a question with an answer so other people can find it easier.