4.17 Relative Rotation Broken

jestersheepy · August 7, 2017, 10:54pm

In 4.17 getting relative rotation of a camera or a spring arm is always returning 0.

To reproduce:
Third person template.
Open third person character, get camera boom or follow camera var, get relative rot and print.

anonymous_user_4b24d331 · September 26, 2017, 4:53pm

Edit: Please disregard, I made a mistake. Old text:
Might be related: Manually setting a camera arm rotation (with bUsePawnControlRotation=false) seems broken in 4.17 as well.

milkman_penta · September 26, 2017, 7:41pm

Maybe a different approach for now?
What are you trying to do?

DavidOConnor · November 15, 2017, 10:28am

yes, I’m having a similar issue with my spring arm… (use Use Pawn Control Rotation is off, and I’m using rotation lag).

it behaves fine, but I can’t get the values for its relative rotation

isnyder_mccneb · January 22, 2018, 1:16pm

I just ran into this issue… seems insane that this is broken at this stage of development… I’ve made a knob in-game to control lights, and for now I have to use the WorldRotation and not allow the knobs to be re-positioned

anonymous_user_942e8e52 · January 22, 2018, 5:09pm

Hello,

Try using “GetTargetRotation()” on the Spring Arm component.

Hope that helps!

DavidOConnor · January 23, 2018, 6:23am

thank you … this is certainly helpful… is there a way to set or add to the spring arm rotation with Use Pawn Control Rotation turned on, and Inherit Pitch/Yaw/Roll turned on?

anonymous_user_942e8e52 · January 23, 2018, 4:54pm

It does not look like it. Closest thing I can find would be using “SetControlRotation” (Talks directly to Player Controller)

DavidOConnor · January 23, 2018, 5:13pm

yeah, that’s what I’ve found too… as you know though, Set Control Rotation also moves the player, not just the Spring Arm/Camera… ah well, maybe one day. Thanks for your help though!