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This is useful when adjusting [[Viewmodel|view models]], for ensuring that models don't spawn inside the world, and helping in the arranging of clusters of separate models that need to be aligned precisely with each other (e.g. parts of a building).
This is useful when adjusting [[Viewmodel|view models]], for ensuring that models don't spawn inside the world, and helping in the arranging of clusters of separate models that need to be aligned precisely with each other (e.g. parts of a building).
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== Syntax ==
== Syntax ==

Revision as of 09:50, 13 January 2009

The QC command $origin adjusts the position of a model within its own local space. When the model is created, it will be offset by the X, Y, -Z and Z-rotation values provided.

This is useful when adjusting view models, for ensuring that models don't spawn inside the world, and helping in the arranging of clusters of separate models that need to be aligned precisely with each other (e.g. parts of a building).

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Syntax

$origin <x> <y> <-z> [z rotation]

Note that Z's value is reversed.

See also