Rotation problem (adjusting position)
The engine i am using forced me to have arms of player character separated from the body. So arm has some relative position from the origin point(0 0 0, i wouldn't be asking this if I could somehow change it) as you can see in this picture: http://img210.imageshack.us/my.php?image=36986427.jpg
So i rotate the arm by 90 degrees on Y axis (rotation is done by Quaternions), and i get my arm in this position: http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=16362906.jpg
Then i adjust its position so it would be on its previous: http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=40872131.jpg
Then i set the Y rotation to 270 degrees and i set the X position offset to be negative: http://img151.imageshack.us/my.php?image=27940479.jpg
I'm bad at this kind of math so could someone help me how to write formula for adjusting position according to the object rotation? Please i'm in really need of this.
I have a couple of functions below that I think will serve your purpose.
They work out the relative X and Z positions at a given angle and distance to a 3D co-ordinate with respect to the Y-axis.
You just add the result to the current position of your character.
Functions:
float In_Game_Objects::circleObjectX(int distance, float angle)
{
return distance * sin(angleY + angle); //angleY is planes
//(characters)current y angle
}
float In_Game_Objects::circleObjectZ(int distance, float angle)
{
return distance * cos(angleY + angle);
}
How I use them:
camera1.posX = plane1.posX + plane1.circleObjectX(20, 0.0f);
camera1.posZ = plane1.posZ + plane1.circleObjectZ(20, 0.0f);
How you may use them:
rightArmX = character.posX + character.circleObjectX(5, 90.0f);
rightArmZ = character.posZ + character.circleObjectZ(5, 90.0f);
They work out the relative X and Z positions at a given angle and distance to a 3D co-ordinate with respect to the Y-axis.
You just add the result to the current position of your character.
Functions:
float In_Game_Objects::circleObjectX(int distance, float angle)
{
return distance * sin(angleY + angle); //angleY is planes
//(characters)current y angle
}
float In_Game_Objects::circleObjectZ(int distance, float angle)
{
return distance * cos(angleY + angle);
}
How I use them:
camera1.posX = plane1.posX + plane1.circleObjectX(20, 0.0f);
camera1.posZ = plane1.posZ + plane1.circleObjectZ(20, 0.0f);
How you may use them:
rightArmX = character.posX + character.circleObjectX(5, 90.0f);
rightArmZ = character.posZ + character.circleObjectZ(5, 90.0f);
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