hi. how do i do to rotate an object and translate it without changing and distort the y,x,z axis?. i want the object to rotate on the zero y and x axis and still be translated. Edited by - Funkodysse on November 19, 2001 4:03:57 AM Edited by - funkodysse on November 19, 2001 4:05:05 AM

Have a look at the SDK helpfile - it''s all in there...you might wanna read up a bit on matrices aswell if you haven''t..

well im new to 3D.

ok i took a look at the sdk, it said something about the order of matrixmultiply, but ít didnt help. where should i look?

if(raknare>100)raknare=0;
raknare=raknare+(float)0.004;


CUSTOMVERTEX g_Vertices[] =
{
{ 0.0f,0.0f, 0.0f,D3DCOLOR_XRGB(0,255,0) }, // x,y,z,color
{ 1.0f,0.0f, 0.0f,D3DCOLOR_XRGB(0,0,255) },
{ 1.0f,1.0f, 0.0f,0xffffffff },
{ 0.0f,1.0f, 0.0f,D3DCOLOR_XRGB(0,255,0) },
{ 0.0f,0.0f, 0.0f,D3DCOLOR_XRGB(255,0,0) },


{ 0.0f,0.0f, -1.0f,D3DCOLOR_XRGB(0,0,255) }, // x,y,z,color
{ 1.0f,0.0f, -1.0f,D3DCOLOR_XRGB(255,255,0) },
{ 1.0f,1.0f, -1.0f,D3DCOLOR_XRGB(0,255,255) },
{ 0.0f,1.0f, -1.0f,D3DCOLOR_XRGB(255,0,0) },
{ 0.0f,0.0f, -1.0f,D3DCOLOR_XRGB(255,255,0) },

};




g_pVB->Lock( 0, sizeof(g_Vertices), (BYTE**)&pVertices, 0 );
memcpy( pVertices, g_Vertices, sizeof(g_Vertices));
g_pVB->Unlock();



g_pd3dDevice->Clear( 0, NULL, D3DCLEAR_TARGET, D3DCOLOR_XRGB(0,0,0), 1.0f, 0 );
g_pd3dDevice->BeginScene();
D3DXMATRIX Worldrotate;
D3DXMATRIX Worldtranslate;
D3DXMATRIX matWorld;


D3DXMatrixTranslation(&Worldtranslate, raknare, 0, 0);
D3DXMatrixRotationYawPitchRoll(&Worldrotate, raknare, 0, 0);
D3DXMatrixMultiply(&matWorld, &Worldtranslate, &Worldrotate);

g_pd3dDevice->SetTransform( D3DTS_WORLD, &matWorld );



what this code does is rotate the object around its own x axis, and translating it around its "own" x axis, this is no good, i want to translate it around the "world" x axis and rotate itself around its "own" x axis. how do i do that?

Edited by - Funkodysse on November 19, 2001 4:53:34 AM

But i do that, look at the matrixmultiply. but it aint working, what shall i do?

ok. choosed
- translate then rotate
as i did in the code. but it trabslate itself around the new axis.
could you please tell med whats wrong with the code?

AAAAAAH forgive me.
now i understand... i thought
D3DXMatrixMultiply(&matWorld, &Worldrotate, &Worldtranslate)

that number 2 parameter was to be processed first and then the third but it was the other way around... hehe..ok now its working good..
thanks.