I've been following Direct 3d 9 tutorials at DirectXtutorial.com. I like to experiment with my programs alot. My goal is to be able to rotate the model both horizontally and vertically. Well actually it is to make the illusion that the model is being rotated (doesnt really matter) But anyways here is the block of code i am trying to modify -------------------------------------------------------------------- static float index = 0.0f; static float indexvertical = 0.0f; if (KEY_DOWN(VK_RIGHT)) index+=0.03f; if (KEY_DOWN(VK_LEFT)) index-=0.03f; if (KEY_DOWN(VK_UP)) indexvertical+=0.03f; if (KEY_DOWN(VK_DOWN)) indexvertical-=0.03f; D3DXMATRIX matRotateY; D3DXMATRIX matRotateX; D3DXMatrixRotationY(&matRotateY, index); d3ddev->SetTransform(D3DTS_WORLD, &(matRotateY)); D3DXMatrixRotationX(&matRotateX, indexvertical); d3ddev->SetTransform(D3DTS_WORLD, &(matRotateX)); ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I would think that it would let me do both vertical and horizontal at the press of a key, but it doesn't. It will only do it vertically. If i change the Block Back a little like this ------------------------------------------------------------------------- static float index = 0.0f; if (KEY_DOWN(VK_RIGHT)) index+=0.03f; if (KEY_DOWN(VK_LEFT)) index-=0.03f; D3DXMATRIX matRotateY; D3DXMatrixRotationY(&matRotateY, index); d3ddev->SetTransform(D3DTS_WORLD, &(matRotateY)); -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I does work Horizontally. But there is no code for it to go vertically. I hope that is all that is necessary, If you need the whole source code i can upload it somewhere. Thanks in Advanced

Do what Geoffrey says, and to do the multiplication just use the D3DXMatrixMultiply function by passing the OUT result matrix parameter, and the two rotation matrices as IN parameters.