Getting Entity camera degrees in relation to the player?

[Abuse]

Hi, I'd like to make use of the camera.movePitch(deg) and camera.moveYaw(deg) threaded functions for asynchronous camera movement.

 

I am however currently stuck with getting the correct degree value in relationship to the player, is there any built-in API way to do this or do I need to do the calculations myself using getPosition()?

 

Currently I am using this, but I'd prefer to use the above mentioned methods for stability reasons

private void rotateCamera(Position pos){
	if(!turningCam){
	    Runnable r = new Runnable() {
	    	//Position p = pos;
	        public void run() {
	        	turningCam = true;
	        	camera.getCamera().toPosition(pos);
	        	turningCam = false;
	        }
	    };
	    new Thread(r).start();
	}
}

Regards

[FrostBug]

The math isn't too bad. Try this

Position player = myPosition();
Position op = some other position;

int angle = 90 + (int) Math.toDegrees(Math.atan2(-(player.getY() - op.getY()), player.getX() - op.getX()));
int yaw = angle < 0 ? Math.abs(angle) : 360 - angle;

[Abuse]

FrostBug, it indeed wasn't too bad

        Position chest = getObjects().closest(dispenserID).getPosition();
        Position player = myPlayer().getPosition();
        
        double deltaX = player.getX() - chest.getX();
        double deltaY = player.getY() - chest.getY();
        double angleInDegrees = Math.atan2(deltaY, deltaX) * 180 / Math.PI;
        angleInDegrees = (angleInDegrees + 360) % 360;

Just found out that the position always seems to be offset by 90 degrees.

 

A similar solution might be worth including in the position API?

 

Regards

Edited February 18, 2016 by Abuse