Placing a ped at a location

[SAC 28]

 

I am trying to teleport a ped to a nearby location (within the local map, not remote)

 

I am trying to use 

 

SAC_appendLineToFile("sac_rdr2_log.txt", "Noose victim at x = " + to_string(nooseSpot->getAnchorPosition().x) + " y = " + to_string(nooseSpot->getAnchorPosition().y) + " z = " + to_string(nooseSpot->getAnchorPosition().z));

	// trace file logs: Noose victim at x = -315.040009 y = 732.947998 z = 122.899002, so x, y and z should be valid

ENTITY::SET_ENTITY_COORDS(victim, nooseSpot->getAnchorPosition().x, nooseSpot->getAnchorPosition().y, nooseSpot->getAnchorPosition().z + 1, 1, 1, 1, false);

 

and it doesn't do anything

 

How should I implement this?

 

 

[HughJanus 243]

I have no experience in placing peds somewhere, but is there a function GET_ENTITY_COORDS? If so, could you check the victims coords after you applied the function you mentioned above? (so you can see if the entity is anywhere near the coords you get in your log.

[crossed99 43]

I'm using this one to do that:

ENTITY::_SET_ENTITY_COORDS_AND_HEADING_NO_OFFSET(entity, coord.x, coord.y, coords.z, heading, true, true);

Can't remember why I started using this instead of SET_ENTITY_COORDS, but this one works for me.

[SAC 28]

4 hours ago, crossed99 said:

I'm using this one to do that:

ENTITY::_SET_ENTITY_COORDS_AND_HEADING_NO_OFFSET(entity, coord.x, coord.y, coords.z, heading, true, true);

Can't remember why I started using this instead of SET_ENTITY_COORDS, but this one works for me.

 

Thank you, seems to work fine.

 

Actually, SET_ENTITY_COORDS seems to work too, but only sometimes. Anyway, will use yours, thanks\

 

[SAC 28]

On 1/9/2022 at 12:53 PM, crossed99 said:

I'm using this one to do that:

ENTITY::_SET_ENTITY_COORDS_AND_HEADING_NO_OFFSET(entity, coord.x, coord.y, coords.z, heading, true, true);

Can't remember why I started using this instead of SET_ENTITY_COORDS, but this one works for me.

 

 

Because I needed precise positioning and I kept getting random glitches (NPCs being strung off-position), I've ended up using a loop to attempt multiple placements until the position is confirmed

 

        PED::SET_BLOCKING_OF_NON_TEMPORARY_EVENTS(victim, true);

        int position_i = 0;
        float trapdoor_distance = 10;
        Vector3 victim_pos;
        Vector3 trapdoor_pos;
        trapdoor_pos = nooseSpot->getTrapdoorPosition();

        while (position_i < 10 && trapdoor_distance > 1)
        {
            ENTITY::_SET_ENTITY_COORDS_AND_HEADING_NO_OFFSET(victim, nooseSpot->getAnchorPosition().x, nooseSpot->getAnchorPosition().y, nooseSpot->getAnchorPosition().z - 0.5, requested_gallow->noosedPedHeading, true, true);

            WAIT(500);

            victim_pos = ENTITY::GET_ENTITY_COORDS(victim, 1, 0);
            
            trapdoor_distance = GAMEPLAY::GET_DISTANCE_BETWEEN_COORDS(victim_pos.x, victim_pos.y, victim_pos.z, trapdoor_pos.x, trapdoor_pos.y, trapdoor_pos.z, 1);

            position_i = position_i + 1;
          
          	// WAIT(0); // must have a wait in while loops
        }

        SAC_appendLineToFile("sac_rdr2_log.txt", "autogallows - check 3, required " + to_string(position_i) + " positioning iterations, distance to trapdoor is " + to_string(trapdoor_distance));

 

 

Sometimes it works straight up, sometimes it takes a number of tries - these are the results for 4 different NPCs being placed sequentially, note that 3 out of 4 were placed at the first try, however the 4th required 3 cycles to position correctly (which are the glitches I've seen happening in-game as well)

 

autogallows - check 3, required 1 positioning iterations, distance to trapdoor is 0.830377
autogallows - check 3, required 1 positioning iterations, distance to trapdoor is 0.851509
autogallows - check 3, required 1 positioning iterations, distance to trapdoor is 0.579172
autogallows - check 3, required 3 positioning iterations, distance to trapdoor is 0.788400

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autogallows - check 3, required 3 positioning iterations, distance to trapdoor is 0.831077
autogallows - check 3, required 4 positioning iterations, distance to trapdoor is 0.632743
autogallows - check 3, required 1 positioning iterations, distance to trapdoor is 0.829728
autogallows - check 3, required 1 positioning iterations, distance to trapdoor is 0.794881

 

LE: added more attempts demonstrating some of the NPCs take multiple iterations to position correctly

 

 

 

Edited January 17, 2022 by SAC