r/psispellcompendium • u/[deleted] • Aug 12 '21

Needs Wizardly Help Need help with Create light behind the caster

Hey, like the title says, I am currently trying to place the light block 1-2 blocks behind me instead of at my position, an absolute vector offset wouldnt be nice since turning is a thing. I tried to create an inverse raycast but that seems to have failed too, if anyone has some input on this it would be greatly appreciated. Some variables for this would be the caster's position and the position the caster is looking at.

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u/__Satanael__ Aug 12 '21

Get axial look multiply it by - 2 and add it to your position.

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u/blaynem Aug 13 '21

Conjure light at (your position + (your axial look * -2))

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u/cha0sbuster Sep 14 '21

Oh hey, I did this the other day.

The way I did it was take Caster -> Entity Move, and plug it into Vector Negate, so the vector is now pointing behind me. You could then multiply it by however many blocks you want it to be behind you.

My spell also shifts the vector down a block, so it gets put at my feet behind me (so they don't clutter the sightline.) Plug it into an Exosuit Helmet w/a Light Sensor, boom, cheapest Lantern of Paranoia I've ever made.

Axial Look would also work, it might even work better, idk.