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hello im asking about transformation in Direct X SDK the 6th tutorial , i want to know how can i multiply matices so i can rotate, scale and translation thanx in advance

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There are D3D matrix functions for scaling, translation and rotation...
You just make your matrix and use one of those function on it, like:

D3DXMATRIX rotationY; float angle = 0.1f;D3DXMatrixRotationY ( &rotationY, angle );

You can then set the transformation with the SetTransform method of the device.

// Assuming _device is a pointer to an IDirect3DDevice9 interface_device->SetTransform ( D3DTS_WORLD, &rotationY );

In the documention you can look up more D3DXMatrix functions. To use more than one transformations at once you can multiply the matrices you create with these functions, and then apply all transformations at once with SetTransform.

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Hi alex,

This can be a little confusing and I advise waiting for the tutorials to get you this far since they will go more in detail than I, but here is something to get you started:

(NOTE: I am assuming you understand what the 3 transformations are and do)

First, you will need to add the
C:\Program Files\Microsoft DirectX SDK (June 2006)\Lib\x86\d3dx9.lib

Next, in the file that you want to do the transformations, include the d3dx9.h file. This file contains commands that will greatly help you in preforming the matrix operations. And for the rest of my explaination take note that types preceeded by D3DX come from this library.

    /*      NOTE: I am assuming the following:        1) that your rotation angles are stored in:              xAngle, yAngle, zAngle        2) that your positions are stored in:              xPos, yPos, zPos        3) that your scales are in:              xScale, yScale, zScale        4) WNDWIDTH is a macro defined to be the width of your window           WNDHEIGHT is a macro defined to be the height of your window        5) g_pD3DDevice is the name of your initialized            IDirect3DDevice9 object    */    /* code already here such as defining the vertices       creating a vertex buffer, and initializing the above        values if they are not already initialized */    // declare the matrices needed for calculation    D3DXMATRIX matWorld;                   // our world trans matrix    D3DXMATRIX matView;                    // our view matrix    D3DXMATRIX matProj;                    // our projection matrix    D3DXMATRIX matRotX, matRotY, matRotZ;  // the rotation matrices    D3DXMATRIX matTrans;                   // the transformation matrix    D3DXMATRIX matScale;                   // the scale matrix    /* World Transformation Matrix */    // create the rotation matrices    D3DXMatrixRotationX( &matRotX, xAngle );    D3DXMatrixRotationY( &matRotY, yAngle );    D3DXMatrixRotationZ( &matRotZ, zAngle );    // create the translation matrix    D3DXMatrixTranslation( &matTrans, xPos, yPos, zPos );    // create the scale matrix    D3DXMatrixScaling( &matScale, xScale, yScale, zScale );    // start the world matrix as identity, always do this!    D3DXMatrixIdentity( &matWorld );    // combine all of the matrices into the world trans matrix    // note that the order we do this is unique to the world     // transformation and must be kept this way    D3DXMatrixMultiply( &matWorld, &matWorld, &matScale );    D3DXMatrixMultiply( &matWorld, &matWorld, &matRotX );    D3DXMatrixMultiply( &matWorld, &matWorld, &matRotY );    D3DXMatrixMultiply( &matWorld, &matWorld, &matRotZ );    D3DXMatrixMultiply( &matWorld, &matWorld, &matTrans );        /* View Transformation Matrix */    // create the rotation matricies, note that we use opposite     // values here from    what the viewpoint is really at    D3DXMatrixRotationX( &matRotX, -xAngle );    D3DXMatrixRotationY( &matRotY, -yAngle );    D3DXMatrixRotationZ( &matRotZ, -zAngle );    // Create the translation matrix, note the opposite values    D3DXMatrixTranslation( &matTrans, -xPos, -yPos, -zPos );    // start the view matrix as identity, always do this!    D3DXMatrixIdentity( &matView );        // combine all to create the view matrix, note the order     // of combination is unique and must be done this way    D3DXMatrixMultiply( &matView, &matView, &matTrans );    D3DXMatrixMultiply( &matView, &matView, &matRotZ );    D3DXMatrixMultiply( &matView, &matView, &matRotY );    D3DXMatrixMultiply( &matView, &matView, &matRotX );    /* Projection Transformation Matrix */    // find the aspect to use by dividing the window width    // by the window height    float aspect = (float)WNDWIDTH / (float)WNDHEIGHT;    // create the projection transformation matrix    // with help from the d3dx9 library function    D3DXMatrixPerspectiveFovLH( &matProj,    // the projection matrix                                D3DX_PI/4,   // the view range in radians                                aspect,      // aspect of the screen ratio                                1.0f,        // the near clip plane                                1000.0f );   // the far clip plane    /* Attaching the new transformations to Direct3D */    // set the world transform    if( FAILED(g_pD3DDevice->SetTransform( D3DTS_WORLD, &matWorld ))){        // error occurred world trans matrix not set    }    // set the view transform    if( FAILED(g_pD3DDevice->SetTransform( D3DTS_VIEW, &matView ))){        // error occurred view trans matrix not set    }    // set the projection transform    if( FAILED(g_pD3DDevice->SetTransform( D3DTS_PROJECTION, &matProj ))){        // error occurred proj trans matrix not set    }        /* more code here such as clearing the backbuffer       and beginning the scene */    // END OF SOURCE[/SOURCE]

I hope this helps you. But again I strongly advise you read up on it so you have some idea of what is all going on, if you dont already. Also, if there are any symbols you don't understand or functions you are wondering what do, like SetTransform or D3DTS_PROJECTION, look them up in the DirectX SDK, it is your friend.

Goodluck yo ya lildude, I'll check back to see if you have any questions or comments. And if anyone finds an error in my code or logic please let me know!

Thanks,

-sevans

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woooooow thanx so much especially sevans ur code works properly
that wat im really call help

but i have another question:

how can i get .X files 4 meshes to putem in my game??????????

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That I don't know :(

I am still currently learning C++ and DirectX and I just got to that point in my book but haven't started it yet. I do advise getting a good book though. I am using "Roleplaying Game Programming with DirectX", and it is just awesome. I got it for 10\$ on half.com ^.^d

Goodluck to ya,

-sevans

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Quote:
 Original post by lildude_alexhow can i get .X files 4 meshes to putem in my game??????????

You can load a .x file using D3DXLoadMeshFromX(), and draw it to the screen with mesh->DrawSubset(i), where mesh is a pointer to your mesh, and i ranges from 0 < i < number of materials in your model

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hey sevans

may i have ur e-mail cuz i wana ask u somethin about the book?????