Look_at not starting from the Node rotation

[ghost]

Godot version:
Godot 3

Issue description:
Look_at function should be start from the Node rotation .. not from 0 or 90
it should be smooth rotation

download the project and see
press the Arrow the move the Target , press Space bar to start looking at the target
it must start from the node rotation to be smooth rotation .. not from 0 or 90 degree

Minimal reproduction project:
Look_at.zip

[kubecz3k]

Not sure if I understand the issue correctly, but look_at works in global coord system, so you need to use global positions. If you have direction then you need to do something like look_at(global_transform.origin + lookDir)

[Calinou]

I think OP wanted to have an "offset" for the node rotation applied after look_at(). Isn't this a matter of just calling look_at() then adding the angle you need to the rotation property every frame?

Otherwise, you could use a parent-child structure for this where you'd use look_at() on the parent node and rotate the child node independently.