use the Viewplatform . getLocalToVworldTransform( ) method and transform e.g. the
vector (0,0,-1) the you get a vector you are looking for in 3d space. Set Capability
bits to read the above mentioned transformation.

regards
Paul

Quoc Huynh schrieb:

> Hi all,
>
>         I'm trying to retrieve a value from the viewing platform that will tell me
> in which direction the viewing platform is looking. I have a viewing
> platform moving through a terrain, the position of the viewing platform is
> mapped to a 2D image of the terrain, updated with the translation component
> of the viewing platform to show its position. Ideally i would like to have
> an arrow on the 2D map showing, the direction of the field of view in the
> current 3D terrain.
>
>         Does anyone know how to retrieve this information????
>
> cheers,
>
> Quoc.
>
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