ok, i have a view matrix and it translates and rotates etc, whats wrong is that the way i am doing it, i am translating and then roatting so it rotates around the origin, i know that i have to rotate and then translate but i dont know how to do this, here is what i have as of right now... // positions, rotates, and applies the view matrix D3DMATRIX view_matrix, RY, RX, RZ; ZeroMemory(&view_matrix, sizeof(view_matrix)); // create identity matrix view_matrix._11=view_matrix._22=view_matrix._33=view_matrix._44=1.0f; // create transform matrix view_matrix._41 = -camera_location.x; view_matrix._42 = -camera_location.y; view_matrix._43 = -camera_location.z; // create rotation matrices D3DUtil_SetRotateXMatrix(RX, -camera_rotation.x); D3DUtil_SetRotateYMatrix(RY, -camera_rotation.y); D3DUtil_SetRotateZMatrix(RZ, -camera_rotation.z); // apply rotate matrices D3DMath_MatrixMultiply(view_matrix, view_matrix, RY); D3DMath_MatrixMultiply(view_matrix, view_matrix, RX); D3DMath_MatrixMultiply(view_matrix, view_matrix, RZ); lpDevice->SetTransform(D3DTRANSFORMSTATE_VIEW,&view_matrix); ----------------------------- doctor_b@doctor.com

i am mad as hell, i have been searching for the solution for at least 6 hours today with no luck, i have books, tutorials, and even had people explain it to me but it just does not work, some please just take 5 seconds and figure this out because i have tried all i know and i can''t get it.

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