Creating and Moving Agents - Learning Game AI Programming with Lua - page 64

local cameraForward =
Sandbox.GetCameraForward(sandbox);
-- Offset the block's position in front of the

camera.

local blockPosition =
cameraPosition + cameraForward * 2;
local rotation =
Sandbox.GetCameraOrientation(sandbox);

-- Mass of the block in kilograms.
Core.SetMass(block, 15);
Core.SetRotation(block, rotation);
Core.SetPosition(block, blockPosition);

-- Applies instantaneous force for only one update

tick.

Core.ApplyImpulse(
block, Vector.new(cameraForward * 15000));

-- Applies instantaneous angular force for one

update

-- tick. In this case blocks will always spin

forwards

-- regardless where the camera is looking.
Core.ApplyAngularImpulse(
block, Sandbox.GetCameraLeft(sandbox) * 10);

end

end

If we run the sandbox now, we can move around, point the camera, and shoot blocks.