player-avatar
Player and Avatar System in Decentraland
Player Position and Movement
Access the player's position via the reserved engine.PlayerEntity:
import { engine, Transform } from '@dcl/sdk/ecs'
function trackPlayer() {
if (!Transform.has(engine.PlayerEntity)) return
const playerTransform = Transform.get(engine.PlayerEntity)
console.log('Player position:', playerTransform.position)
console.log('Player rotation:', playerTransform.rotation)
}
engine.addSystem(trackPlayer)
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