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hi, before I get to my question I'd just like to say thank you for making such an awesome program.


heres my problem, when I try to set a models position based off of the players model nothing happens unless I first put the playerModel.position.x(etc.) into a global variable.

I put a ZExpresion in the "satellite" models update with currentModel.position = playerModel.position it doesnt seem to work.

Is it supposed to be this way? It's easy enough to put globals in, but it feels redundant, and I think Im doing something wrong.

Hi Paradan,

If you're using only one Player model, you can simply read the Player.Position directly in the Satellite clones by spawning the Player as reference ( attached is a example of this setup ).

In case you're using multiple clones of your Player model, I recommend storing the "clone handle" that a Satellite should follow as a Variable ( type = Model ) in the Definitions node of a Satellite.

Don't hesitate to ask away if you have any more questions

Kjell

thnks for the reply, sorry it took so long to get back havent had time t work on this project til a few days ago.

switching from clone to reference solved my problem, I had switched everything to clones while trying to solve some transparency/blending issues.