Flipping an object?

So how do I flip a entity? I have the BaseEntity defined but I do not know how to flip it itself? I know there is something like: Quaternion that handles angles but i'm not sure how it works. Any advice(Didn't see any plugins that use this)?

For example I would want to flip that entity(then raise it but I can do that via editing the vector3 location.

Code:

            [ChatCommand("flipturret")]
            void cmdFlipTurret(BasePlayer player)
            {
                inputState = serverinput.GetValue(player) as InputState;
                Ray ray = new Ray(player.eyes.position, Quaternion.Euler(inputState.current.aimAngles) * Vector3.forward);
                BaseEntity flipObject = FindTurret(ray, 5f);
            }

 

Right so I got that working. Now I get the problem where if I raise a turret more than foundation height it automatically destroys. Is there a way to disable that(stability issue I think)

 

Not sure if this is of help in your case but this lets you get ground level

Code:

static Vector3 getGroundPosition(Vector3 sourcePos) // credit Wulf & Nogrod
        {
            RaycastHit hit;            if (Physics.Raycast(sourcePos, Vector3.down, out hit, GROUND_MASKS))
            {
                sourcePos.y = hit.point.y;
            }
            sourcePos.y = Mathf.Max(sourcePos.y, TerrainMeta.HeightMap.GetHeight(sourcePos));
            return sourcePos;
        } 

 

I got it finished. Im just awaiting approval . Thanks for that though I might have to use it.

 

A very nice client of mine pointed out that this method will sometimes return a V3 that is in mid-air. It isn't entirely accurate as it will detect sphere and mesh colliders so the return can be on top of say the Tool Cupboard build range or a ZoneManager zone. I wrote a new method this morning that I will be updating my plugins with to fix the issue, others may also find use in it.

Code:

 Vector3 GetGroundPosition(Vector3 sourcePos)
        {
            var hitInfo = RayPosition(sourcePos);
            var success = ProcessRay(hitInfo);
            if (success is Vector3)
            {
                var pos = GetGroundPosition(new Vector3(sourcePos.x, ((Vector3)success).y, sourcePos.z));
                return pos;
            }
            else
            {
                sourcePos.y = Mathf.Max((float)success, TerrainMeta.HeightMap.GetHeight(sourcePos));
                return sourcePos;
             
            }
        }
        private object ProcessRay(RaycastHit hitInfo)
        {         
            if (hitInfo.collider != null)
            {
                if (hitInfo.GetEntity() != null)
                {
                    return hitInfo.point.y;
                }
                if (hitInfo.collider?.GetComponentInParent<SphereCollider>())
                {
                    return hitInfo.collider.transform.position + new Vector3(0, -1, 0);
                }
                if (hitInfo.collider?.GetComponentInParent<MeshCollider>())
                {
                    if (hitInfo.collider?.GetComponentInParent<MeshCollider>().name == "areaTrigger")
                        return hitInfo.collider.transform.position + new Vector3(0, -1, 0);
                }
            }
            return hitInfo.point.y;
        }        RaycastHit RayPosition(Vector3 sourcePos)
        {
            RaycastHit hitInfo;
            Physics.Raycast(sourcePos, Vector3.down, out hitInfo, LayerMask.GetMask("Terrain", "World", "Construction"));       
         
            return hitInfo;
        }

Sorry for the OT