setRotation() doesn't work for camera entities?

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#1

The title pretty much sums it up. setPosition() works as one would expect, but setRotation appears to do… nothing?

Here’s the relevant code snippet in question:

    var a = app.root.findByName("User Camera"),
    b = app.root.findByName("Camera Preset 1");

    a.setPosition(b.getPosition());
    a.setRotation(b.getRotation());

setPosition, again, works - but setRotation does not; Further, the value is set, but the camera doesn’t update after it’s set (unlike setPosition, which updates immediately).

Does anybody know what would cause getRotation to fail silently?

#2

Does the following work:

    a.setEulerAngles(b.getEulerAngles());

Can you share a minimal scene that illustrates the problem? That’s the beauty of PlayCanvas - you can just share a link to a problem! :wink:

#3

Hello, something like this ?
var q = new pc.Quat(b.getRotation());
a.setRotation(q);
But I think what Will said is better.:grinning:

#4

Sadly, I tried all manner of the following, with no avail:

a.setRotation(b.getRotation());
a.setLocalRotation(b.getLocalRotation());
a.setEulerAngles(b.getEulerAngles());
a.setLocalEulerAngles(b.getLocalEulerAngles());

The values for those keys updates, but the camera in question doesn’t get updated :frowning:

Will: The scene I’m working in is kind of “top secret”, but you’ve been in there before - I could PM you a link to the scene, if you’d like? Easier than setting up a new scene and such :slight_smile:

#5

Well, you could have created a scene like this:

https://playcanvas.com/editor/scene/468581

But I’ve done it for you because I’m a nice guy like that. :wink:

As you can see, it works fine (press ‘space’ when running the app).

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#6

Very peculiar… then the failure is definitely on my side :slight_smile: Thank you for the effort and the insight - I greatly appreciate it :slight_smile: