I''m just starting out with 3d coding and while I understand what I''ve read about vectors so far I must have missed something. I wan''t to write a simple demo that allows me to fly around a cube and loot at it from various angles. Basically if I look do(with mouse) and press forward(up arrow) the I shoudl move down. Getting the input is no problem, I can''t seem however to understand how to do the vector math. Here is what I understand. You start at CurrentPosition, with a veiwing angle of CurrentDirection. After mouse movement you have 2 values. After pushingh forward on the keyboard you have t add x units of forward movement. So, how do I add the mouse''s x,y delta to the CurrentDirection vector, then move X units along that vector so I can update the CurrentPoint x,y,z position. I have looked around for good examples, NeHe has some that are similar but look messy and are locked to the x,y plane. Assume I have access to a vector class like this: http://glvelocity.gamedev.net/files/vector.zip Many Thanks... Chris

I've got the cube up and running, rotating etc...
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Come to think of it the rotating cube is just another Nehe messy looking thing. Taking your advice I should probably get that working with vectors, I guess moving that around would be easier that doing the camera as there is less to screw up(and you don't have to work out where you looking when you have a black screen in fron t of you

Thanks, I probably should have tried that first.... I guess I consider everything except my goal to be the easy parts... (My goal was to make a frustum culled octree that is highlighted by a wireframe'd cubes. The mouse motion was nothing more that a side thought...

I might back off and look for easier stuff... The hard part is that i understand how everything should work(all the pictues are in my head) it's just a matter of not knowing the math to make it work...

gimp

..Oh, and CurrentDirection was a vector and CurrentPosition a Point.

Edited by - gimp on October 5, 2000 11:53:40 PM