Yeah I know this goes of topic a little bit. But I think alot more people would be interested in learning math at school if they actually tell you what is used for. I mean before I started game programming, I thought it was all a waste of time which had no use. But I wonder if people would get higher marks if your teacher suddenly said,

"Hey Kids, did you know that you need to know this stuff to make decent video games"

''Just a thought''

-David

If you want to develop new techniques, then you will need to learn a lot of math. If you are satisfied with the current way engines are made or if you are willing to wait for someone else to come up with the new stuff, then you can get what you need from 3D programming books and tutorials. I personally think it is good to take math, because you learn problem solving skills. Math will help you learn how to think in an organized way.

Domini

How much math you need depends on whether you want to get by or really want to know how to use this stuff. From the posts I see, there is a lot of advice telling the original poster to just get what he/she needs to get by.

I still say get as much math as you can. Even if you do not use, say something like bezier surfaces in your every day life, it wil help you understand how to use the tools better. Its the same as anything else. If you only have a small amount of knowledge in a given subject, you can get by, but you cannot appreciate how it is being used and eventually stretch the boundaries of that use until you have a deeper understanding of it.

> I''m a college (or in swedish "gymnasie") student

Gymnasiet != college. Gymnasiet is more equivalent to high school. And as for MaA being usless, that''s not true. Good knowledge in algebra and various basic topcis is needed later on. I think matrices is MaF (or E perhaps). I''m not sure if all schools can provide this class though (Individuellt val..). But it isn''t really that hard is it? If you just know someone who knows matrices I''m sure he/she can learn you the basics (matrix multiplication..) in less than an half hour.

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