dam... may as well have a bit of code to demonstrate properly ;o), joe. You MUST set a pickmode on entities you want to align with :o)
Open in online IDE;linepick example by RossC Graphics3D 800,600 SetBuffer BackBuffer() Global camera = CreateCamera() Global light = CreateLight() Global player = CreateCone() EntityType player,1 EntityRadius player,1 EntityColor player,50,70,255 PositionEntity player,0,0.5,0 Global cam_piv = CreatePivot(player) PositionEntity cam_piv,0,2,-8 Global tex=CreateTexture(64,64,1+8) SetBuffer TextureBuffer(tex) For loop=0 To 3000 Color Rnd(190,255),Rnd(190,255),Rnd(190,255) Rect Int(Rnd(0,63)),Int(Rnd(0,63)),1,1 Next Color 255,255,255 SetBuffer BackBuffer() Global plane=CreatePlane() EntityType plane,2 EntityColor plane,200,100,120 EntityTexture plane,tex EntityPickMode plane,2 Global sphere=CreateSphere(10) ScaleEntity sphere,10,3,10 EntityPickMode sphere,2 EntityType sphere,2 PositionEntity sphere,-2,0,19 Collisions 1,2,2,2; set up collisions between the ground and the player Global jump_force# Global jump_flag=0; set jump flag to 'no jump' Global gravity#=0.9; set gravity value While Not KeyHit(1) ; this part is the linepick. The tform part, is to make sure the linepick is done from the players ; actual rotation, straigh down. TFormVector 0,-10,0,player,0 ; the values from the tform then get used in the linepick command. if you just substitute your ; variable for the player into here, everything will be cool! LinePick(EntityX(player,True),EntityY(player,True),EntityZ(player,True),TFormedX(),TFormedY(),TFormedZ()); do a linepick straight down form the players location ; aligns the player to the scenery, whatever has has a pickmode set. AlignToVector player,PickedNX(),PickedNY(),PickedNZ(),2,0.1 If KeyDown(200) Then MoveEntity player,0,0,0.1 If KeyDown(208) Then MoveEntity player,0,0,-0.1 If KeyDown(203) Then TurnEntity player,0,1,0 If KeyDown(205) Then TurnEntity player,0,-1,0 update_camera() UpdateWorld RenderWorld Text 0,0," Press Space to jump. Arrow keys to move!" ;DebugLog(" pickedy="+PickedY()) Flip Wend End Function update_camera() PointEntity camera,cam_piv MoveEntity camera,0,0,EntityDistance#(camera,cam_piv)/40.0 PointEntity camera,player End Function