[Help] move command

[morbideth]

I'm having some trouble with getting my ship to move where I want it via a script. More accurately, it is getting the y right and the x and z wrong, and I have not been able to figure out why. Maybe some fresh eyes will spot my problem.

The data looks like:

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Pegasus Sentinel (TQD-056) is moving to position.[35654.218750m, 1100.586060m, -24439.523438m].
74289.153: Pegasus Sentinel (TQD-056) at position.[-15742.507813m, 1100.586060m, 23883.460938m]
Pegasus Sentinel (TQD-056) is moving to position.[11134.281250m, -759.224243m, 35420.347656m].
74321.99: Pegasus Sentinel (TQD-056) at position.[-40408.703125m, -759.224243m, -18120.613281m]
Pegasus Sentinel (TQD-056) is moving to position.[-18625.869141m, -5158.534180m, -27362.205078m].
74354.863: Pegasus Sentinel (TQD-056) at position.[32854.804688m, -5158.534180m, -17948.884766m]
Pegasus Sentinel (TQD-056) is moving to position.[-39564.859375m, 354.646973m, 1243.002075m].
74377.931: Pegasus Sentinel (TQD-056) at position.[11915.816406m, 354.646973m, 10656.322266m]
Pegasus Sentinel (TQD-056) is moving to position.[-40221.234375m, -16.266968m, 24412.121094m].
74398.031: Pegasus Sentinel (TQD-056) at position.[11259.441406m, -16.266968m, 33825.441406m]

Same result whether I use <move_to object="this.ship" destination="this.sector"> or <run_script name="'move.generic'">
Position passed is created by <create_position name="$position" x="$x.average" y="$y.average" z="$z.average" space="this.sector"/>
please help

[j.harshaw]

Hi,

$object.position defaults to returning the position relative to the object's zone, and it looks like you're telling your ship to move to those coordinates relative to the object's sector? The zones probably just happened to be aligned with the sector's ecliptic, hence the ship ending up at the correct position along the y-axis.

To convert zone coordinates to sector coordinates, i like to use the create_position action:

<create_position name="$sectorpos" space="this.sector" value="this.ship.position" object="this.zone"/>

then print out $sectorpos.

[morbideth]

Hi,

$object.position defaults to returning the position relative to the object's zone, and it looks like you're telling your ship to move to those coordinates relative to the object's sector? The zones probably just happened to be aligned with the sector's ecliptic, hence the ship ending up at the correct position along the y-axis.

To convert zone coordinates to sector coordinates, i like to use the create_position action:

<create_position name="$sectorpos" space="this.sector" value="this.ship.position" object="this.zone"/>

then print out $sectorpos.

Thanks!