Is this "orientation flipping" normal?

gxmikvid · February 25, 2020, 7:09pm

So i noticed this behaviour in the orientation coordinates. BUT ONLY WITH THE X AXIS?

Nothing so far.

What is this? Can i convert it to not be like that (not in workspace but in script)?

sleitnick · February 25, 2020, 7:26pm

I’m confused about what’s happening. Simply showing the Orientation property doesn’t give enough details. Do you have code you can share?

Dev_HDWC · February 25, 2020, 7:48pm

I think hes complaining that after you go past 180 degrees it goes to -180

gxmikvid · February 25, 2020, 8:22pm

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Wait… no. It is that i only change the x orientation coordinate of the part and the y and z changes.

BanTech · February 25, 2020, 10:46pm

Orientation is determined using Euler angles in the order YXZ. You’re being shown the quickest way to get to that rotation using that method.

RamJoT · February 26, 2020, 7:20am

You must be changing the orientation by script (only x is changing if using the home, rotate in studio) so may we see the script.

3rdhoan123 · February 26, 2020, 7:42am

Might be a little off topic but I believe this better fits the Building Support section rather than the Scripting Section, you’re asking a question on the orientation/building, no script to be seen in this post.

gxmikvid · February 26, 2020, 3:03pm

No script here.
Try it.
Create a cylinder (1x1x1) and rotate it on the x axis.

gxmikvid · February 26, 2020, 3:07pm

Reinstall studio?

Wunder_Wulfe · February 26, 2020, 10:27pm

This is supposed to be common and might be related to Gimbal Locking. When parts are rotated (with the move tool, it’s by CFrame), the Orientation and Rotation are assigned values from the new CFrame of the part. There are multiple ways to represent the same rotation and sometimes Euler Angles will not rotate an object properly without other changes being made (such as flipping the other axis). If you want to use the rotation values from the object, I recommend calculating your own from the CFrame, calculating them from the directions, or other more reliable methods like storing the rotation as you manipulate it. This video might help with understanding why these changes in the values were made. In the video 2 axis were rotated by 90 degrees in order to perform the rotation.