FollowSplineAnimator get on which point of trajectory is it?

[Georgian]

heelp please people ,
I am using a follow spline animator
core::array<core::vector3df> PositionPoints;


PositionPoints.push_back(core::vector3df(x11,y11,z11));
PositionPoints.push_back(core::vector3df(x21,y21,z21));
PositionPoints.push_back(core::vector3df(x31,y31,z31));

ISceneNodeAnimator* sa;
sa= smgr->createFollowSplineAnimator(device->getTimer()->getTime(),PositionPoints,0.2);


i have managed to make it stop on last point (by cheking area around it)
but can i get info on where the camera is at the moment? for example heading from (x11,y11,z11) to (x21,y21,z21) or should i do it manuall (i dont want to there are a lot of points )


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if its not possible at least tell me how to do something every 5 seconds

[roxaz]

with device->getTimer()->getTime() get current time and store it in variable named lets say 'before', then wait until current time is equal to before + 5, execure your actions and set 'before' to current time.

[Luben]

what about something like this

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vector3df CamPos = Camera->getPosition();
s32 Index=-1;
f32 ShortestDistSQInv=0;
u32 PointCount=PositionPoints.size();
for(s32 i=0;i<PointCount;i++)
{
    f32 DistInv;
    DistInv=1.f / PositionPoints[i].getDistanceFromSQ(CamPos);
    if(Dist > ShortestDistSQInv)
    {
        Index=i;
        ShortestDistSQInv=DistInv;
    }
}

if(Index!=-1)
{
    //The closest point is PositionPoins[i], doesn't care if it's the next or prev point, just closest.
}
else
{
    //Your code doesn't contain any points :)
}

If you just want the pos of the cam, do Camera->getPosition()

[mrAlmond]

I reopen this thread because I really need to know the current position of the spline animator...I'm not moving the camera so I don't need to know its position, I'm just moving meshes...please help!
Thank you.

[MasterGod]

So use node->getPosition()..

[rogerborg]

I reopen this thread because I really need to know the current position of the spline animator...I'm not moving the camera so I don't need to know its position, I'm just moving meshes...please help!

What a peculiar question. I'd like to think that it's not as simple as node->getPosition() / node->getAbsolutePosition(); for (one of?) the node(s) that the animator is applied to.

Are you perhaps saying that you've created an animator but that it's not attached to any node?

If so, then the easiest way to get the position would be to just attach it to an empty scene node, created with ISceneManager::addEmptySceneNode(), then retrieve that node's position.