Ok, here we go... I have some problems with the movement in OpenGL in 3D. I use the glTranslatef and glRotatef commands for the movement in the code I made so far. glTranslatef to get another coord like this: glTranslatef(player.x, player.y, player.z); player.x is increased when pressing W, and decreased when pressing S player.z is increased when pressing D, and decreased when pressing A This uses strafing. But now, I want to rotate, and move forward again using the new angel. If I use glRotatef, I can rotate, say, 45 degrees on the x axis. When I press W though, to move again, it increases the player.x value, which doesn''t move me forward with the new angle, but with the old one! So I can''t really make the player move towards the new set angle. And even worse, I have absolutely NO CLUE how to do it in 3D!!! Add the point that space-movement is even harder, because there is no thing like gravity and other forces to let you stop, you can see that I am absolutely lost! Oh, I program with Visual C++ and use OpenGL, not GLUT! If anyone can help me on this, please mail me about it or post it here. My e-mail address is HNSProgramming@hotmail.com (old address ) Source examples are also welcome. It doesn''t matter if you use other commands than glRotatef and glTranslatef, as long as it works

true moving like so...

player.x += sin(angle*3.1415/180) * speed;
player.z += cos(angle*3.1415/180) * speed;

//not depending on how you do things, you may need to use - instead of + or switch cos/sin around.

hmmmmmm yeah I thought about sin and cos for a little while... I just thought there''d be an OpenGL-implemented function for this movement though, so I don''t have to calculate it all...

WTF? How lazy can you get.. it''s 2 calls, 1 to cos, and 1 to sin. How is opengl going to hide that for you?

I''ll make it nice and simple for you:

glMovePlayer(PlayerS &p, float Speed)
{
p.x += sin(p.angle*3.1415/180) * Speed;
p.z += cos(p.angle*3.1415/180) * Speed;
}

Simply call glMovePlayer(Player,1), or glMovePlayer(Player,-1) to move your player forward/backwards.. how much simpler can it get?

ehhhhhhhhhhhh ok it''s that simple I guess I just lacked of math intelligence to see that thank you very much for helping me out