Hi all, I am busting my brains trying to figure out a simple way to rotate my 3D world in the x-axis...I''m trying to use the built in Windows mouse messages ( WM_MOUSEMOVE ) to determine which way to rotate my world on the Y-Axis...basically to turn either right of left on the screen. First Attempt : Grab the mouse x,y during a WM_MOUSEMOVE event and compare it to the previous x coordinate...If new-x > prev-x then move one way, otherwise move the other...Annnnn! It only works part of the time... Second Attempt : When the window gets created, calculate the half-way point, screen-width / 2. Then during a WM_MOUSEMOVE event, compare new-x to half-way x, if greater move one way, otherwise move the other...Results : Better, but extremly choppy... Question : how can I get a smooth turn (like Quake) without using DirectInput...Can this even be accomplished using standard Windows messaging/functions? thx in advance... adym

You could try calling GetCursorPos() each frame and calculating the delta motion. It should be much smoother than using the message handler.

Hi,

I''m doing it a bit differently (my leftbutton has to be down to rotate)but it works fine. I found that the actual function to do the rotations needs to be called from winmain or glDrawscene- ie not winproc- its very slow from there.

in winproc:

case WM_LBUTTONDOWN: { //you could use mousemove or whatever
mbuttons = (int)wParam;
return 0;
}

in winmain:

if ((active && !DrawGLScene()) || keys[VK_ESCAPE]) done=TRUE;
else {
SwapBuffers(hDC);
ProcessKeyboard();
if (mbuttons & MK_LBUTTON) processMouse2();//you could have a mouse switch
}


and then the function (basically from gametutorial #5)

void processMouse2(){
POINT mousePos;
int middleX = SCREEN_WIDTH/2;
int middleY = SCREEN_HEIGHT/2;
GetCursorPos(&mousePos);
SetCursorPos(middleX, middleY); if( (mousePos.x == middleX) && (mousePos.y == middleY) ) return;
roty+= (float)( middleX - mousePos.x )/250.0f;
rotx-= (float)( middleY - mousePos.y )/250.0f;
}


I haven''t figured out how to hide the cursor yet- its very distracting! Also, those 250.0f numbers- I bet they will vary from system to ssytem....he used 1000 in the tutorial.

Anyway, that how I''m doing it for now.

Dave Hunt & Cat_B...Thx,

I think I see what I''m missing...One is the GetCursorPos(), but the real important one is the SetCursorPos()...By setting the cursor back to the middle of the screen, it always starts from the same spot...

adym

Hey thank you Extrarious! Works like a charm

Thx everyone...This is working great. I was content with a simple rotation around the Y-axis, but looking at the code supplied I expanded it to include the X-axis as well...

Next stop collisions...

adym