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I wrote a few math routines to do matrix math and such for me, but there is a problem some where along the line, because my resulting math is not the same as OpenGL's resulting math. I need my math to match OpenGL's, so I can manual compute some of the information. But when passed in the same order and method to OpenGL and my routines one strange difference arose, my rotation was backwards. When I multiplied my rotation matrix by OpenGL's using glMatrixMult, and then I did the same to mine. When passing points to the final matrices its as if the rotation was exactly opposite. Such as 80 degree rotation in OpenGL becomes -80 degrees in mine At 0 they are identical. Here are my math routines
void Mult4x4Matrix( float*A, float*B, float C[16] )
{

C[0]=A[0]*B[0]+A[1]*B[4]+A[2]*B[8]+A[3]*B[12];
C[1]=A[0]*B[1]+A[1]*B[5]+A[2]*B[9]+A[3]*B[13];
C[2]=A[0]*B[2]+A[1]*B[6]+A[2]*B[10]+A[3]*B[14];
C[3]=A[0]*B[3]+A[1]*B[7]+A[2]*B[11]+A[3]*B[15];

C[4]=A[4]*B[0]+A[5]*B[4]+A[6]*B[8]+A[7]*B[12];
C[5]=A[4]*B[1]+A[5]*B[5]+A[6]*B[9]+A[7]*B[13];
C[6]=A[4]*B[2]+A[5]*B[6]+A[6]*B[10]+A[7]*B[14];
C[7]=A[4]*B[3]+A[5]*B[7]+A[6]*B[11]+A[7]*B[15];

C[8]=A[8]*B[0]+A[9]*B[4]+A[10]*B[8]+A[11]*B[12];
C[9]=A[8]*B[1]+A[9]*B[5]+A[10]*B[9]+A[11]*B[13];
C[10]=A[8]*B[2]+A[9]*B[6]+A[10]*B[10]+A[11]*B[14];
C[11]=A[8]*B[3]+A[9]*B[7]+A[10]*B[11]+A[11]*B[15];

C[12]=A[12]*B[0]+A[13]*B[4]+A[14]*B[8]+A[15]*B[12];
C[13]=A[12]*B[1]+A[13]*B[5]+A[14]*B[9]+A[15]*B[13];
C[14]=A[12]*B[2]+A[13]*B[6]+A[14]*B[10]+A[15]*B[14];
C[15]=A[12]*B[3]+A[13]*B[7]+A[14]*B[11]+A[15]*B[15];
}

V MultVby4x4Matrix(float *A, V B)//

{
V result;

result.x=A[0]*B.x+A[1]*B.y+A[2]*B.z+A[3];
result.y=A[4]*B.x+A[5]*B.y+A[6]*B.z+A[7];
result.z=A[8]*B.x+A[9]*B.y+A[10]*B.z+A[11];

return result;
}

My order is translate then rotate for both cases. Any help would be greatly appreciated. PS: The rotation matrix used in both is IDENTICAL. "I seek knowledge and to help those who also seek it" [edited by - Xero-X2 on January 25, 2004 1:53:30 AM]

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Make sure you get the order of multiplication correct. If Mult4x4Matrix(A, B, C) meand C=A*B, and a matrix is indexed like (numbers are index into the corresponding element in the matrix)
[ 0  4  8 12 ][ 1  5  9 13 ][ 2  6 10 14 ][ 3  7 11 15 ]

then I believe you''re calculating B*A instead, which is incorrect.

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I used

[ 0  1  2  3  ][ 4  5  6  7  ][ 8  9  10 11 ][ 12 13 14 15 ]

for C=A*B

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[edited by - Xero-X2 on January 25, 2004 2:05:00 PM]

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Ok I re did my math to match
Brother Bobs, matrix indices,

void Mult4x4Matrix( float*A, float*B, float C[16] ){     C[0 ]=A[0]*B[0]+A[4]*B[1]+A[8 ]*B[2]+A[12]*B[3];     C[1 ]=A[1]*B[0]+A[5]*B[1]+A[9 ]*B[2]+A[13]*B[3];     C[2 ]=A[2]*B[0]+A[6]*B[1]+A[10]*B[2]+A[14]*B[3];     C[3 ]=A[3]*B[0]+A[7]*B[1]+A[11]*B[2]+A[15]*B[3];     C[4 ]=A[0]*B[4]+A[4]*B[5]+A[8 ]*B[6]+A[12]*B[7];     C[5 ]=A[1]*B[4]+A[5]*B[5]+A[9 ]*B[6]+A[13]*B[7];     C[6 ]=A[2]*B[4]+A[6]*B[5]+A[10]*B[6]+A[14]*B[7];     C[7 ]=A[3]*B[4]+A[7]*B[5]+A[11]*B[6]+A[15]*B[7];     C[8 ]=A[0]*B[8]+A[4]*B[9]+A[8 ]*B[10]+A[12]*B[11];     C[9 ]=A[1]*B[8]+A[5]*B[9]+A[9 ]*B[10]+A[13]*B[11];     C[10]=A[2]*B[8]+A[6]*B[9]+A[10]*B[10]+A[14]*B[11];     C[11]=A[3]*B[8]+A[7]*B[9]+A[11]*B[10]+A[15]*B[11];     C[12]=A[0]*B[12]+A[4]*B[13]+A[8 ]*B[14]+A[12]*B[15];     C[13]=A[1]*B[12]+A[5]*B[13]+A[9 ]*B[14]+A[13]*B[15];     C[14]=A[2]*B[12]+A[6]*B[13]+A[10]*B[14]+A[14]*B[15];     C[15]=A[3]*B[12]+A[7]*B[13]+A[11]*B[14]+A[15]*B[15];}V MultVby4x4Matrix( float*A, V B ){V OutPutVector Out;    Out.x=A[0]*B.x+A[4]*B.y+A[8]*B.z+A[12];    Out.y=A[1]*B.x+A[5]*B.y+A[9]*B.z+A[13];    Out.z=A[2]*B.x+A[6]*B.y+A[10]*B.z+A[14];return OutPutVector;}

Its close, but on the Z axis the points distance from the X/Y plane is to Small .

the other two axis seem to match OpenGL perfectly.

Edit: clearification on problem.
Edit: Sorry OpenGLs results are More distant, then mine.
Edit: Typo i code.

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[edited by - Xero-X2 on January 25, 2004 4:07:06 PM]

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Are you shure, your y-value is correct, too? - Look at your output vector. You set its x-component three times and don''t set the other components.

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Sorry, that was a typo I changed how I did that before I posted it and didn't double check. I fixed it in the code above

Heres what it looks like:

They should meet rather fluently but they have large gaps.

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[edited by - Xero-X2 on January 25, 2004 5:12:10 PM]

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After further testing I have concluded that my math matches OpenGL''s and that the cause of the above error is else where in my code.

Thanks for helping.

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