[1.8] [SOLVED] How to make a player face a block

[SnowyEgret]

Hi  ,

 

I am trying to make the player orbit around a block.  I would like to have the player always face the block at the center of the orbit. I've been messing around with:

 

player.setPosition(x, y, z);
player.setPositionAndRotation(x, y, z, yaw, pitch);
player.setPositionAndUpdate(x, y, z);
player.setLocationAndAngles(x, y, z, yaw, pitch);

 

Setting the position seems to be working ok. I am having problems setting the direction the player is looking. Ideally I would be looking for something like:

 

player.setLocation(double x, double y, double z);
player.facePosition(BlockPos pos);

 

When you hit f5, minecraft behaves like this, except I want a block at the center of the view. Any help is appreciated

[herbix]

I suppose some mathematic calculations should be applyed to get pitch and yaw.

double x = player.posX - blockPos.getX() - 0.5;
double y = player.posY - blockPos.getY() - 0.5;
double z = player.posZ - blockPos.getZ() - 0.5;
double pitch = Math.atan2(-y, Math.sqrt(x*x+z*z));
double yaw = Math.atan2(z, -x);

I forget the sign before

x

and

y

. You may try twice and get the correct ones.