Dumb Python Question

Game Engine Game Engine Support and Discussion
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This can’t be hard. I just want to get the position of an object, but have the coordinates be defined to three separate variables: x, y, and z. Try as I might, I could not find a solution on the internet, and my own efforts led to the console telling me that none of my variables were defined. Any help would be appreciated.

2

Look at the example script( text editor: file|script templates|object ) and if that doesn’t help post the code you’ve tried so far. Or read the python scripting reference on the wiki.

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Umm, pretty simple… put into your python controller the name of the script. Then, for the script, type:

cont = GameLogic.getCurrentController();
obj = cont.getOwner();
x = obj.getPosition()[0];
y = obj.getPosition()[1];
z = obj.getPosition()[2];

Hopefully, that’s it.

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I worked it out. It was much easier than I was making it, I just needed a quick brake.

This prints the z-position:

pos = own.getPosition()
z = pos[2]
print z

Real simple, I was just being dumb. For anyone who wants to know, pos[0] is for x, and pos[1] for y, I just needed the z-value for altitude. Thanks for the help, Caveman.

Edit: Joeman16, you posted just before me. That was what I was looking for. Thanks.