Looking where it's going?

Hi,

I'm trying to make my object look in the direction it's going. Everything I try flips it in some odd angle -- not in the direction of the target. This is my code:

goto( vector target ) {
}

The llMoveToTarget() works fine. Ive tried several versions of llLookAt and llRotLookAt, but with no luck.

(I removed error checking other code for simplicity.)

I have a feeling it has to do with some relative rotation of my object or something, but I can't figure it out.

'elp!

Try changing the orientation of your root prim of the item. llLookAt will cause the greater X face to look at the direction you want. Try it with a cube that has a face colored and watch the effect of llLookAt. Use llLookAt(target,1.0,1.0);

Thanks, that helped clarify things, but I still don't have it right.

My object points it "top" toward the target rather than the "front"! I believe I have it oriented so that it's front faces the positive-x direction.

I judge that by x, y, and z lines when I go to edit it's position. Is there some way to code it's orientation? Or is there some kind of transformation I can do to "target" so that the front will point toward it?

Thanks!

-- E

(later...) I decided to redesign the object to avoid this problem, but is someone knows the answer, I'd still like to here it....

Edit linked parts
Select the root prim (the one with the yellow outline)
Change the coordinates from World to Local

The direction in which the red arrow points, is the direction in which your object 'faces'.

That did the trick, thanks so much!

-- EG