I was going to program just a rocket flying around(you can guide it) i use glRrotatef(rotate, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f) when i want to turn the rocket from the left to the right. but the rocket is moving in the direction the rocket is pointing at. when it moves just straigt i could use translatef(0.0f, 0.0f,z) while z is the "speed" of the rocket, but when i turn it how do i calculate the new position? I know Ì could use tan, cos, sin but what is the angle? I turn it in my program "rotate=rotate+0.1" right now. 0.1 how much is that in degree?

you know, if you rotate first and then translate...

I''m not very with it right now, but I''ll give it a try. I think it''s something along the lines of

rocket.x += (sin(rocket.xrotation)*rocket.speed);rocket.y += (cos(rocket.xrotation)*rocket.speed);rocket.z += (sin(rocket.zrotation)*rocket.speed);

I think I mixed up the sin/cos'' but I''m not sure. Experiment a little. Someone correct me if I''m wrong. Or rather, HOW I''m wrong.

Alex Broadwin
A-Tronic Software & Design
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Oh, and alargeduck, that will not work. Doing what you said will rotate the entire path of the rocket, making it look as if it were attacked to the end of a swinging stick. It would work, however, if the heading never changed. Very limiting indeed.

Alex Broadwin
A-Tronic Software & Design
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Atronic, you are right, what I suggested wont work.

What you are suggesting is right, except that x should be based on cos, y on sin. Remeber that 0 degrees points down the positive x axis.

Atronic, you are right, what I suggested wont work.

What you are suggesting is right, except that x should be based on cos, y on sin. Remeber that 0 degrees points down the positive x axis.

xrotation = yaw, z rotation = pitch

x += (cos(rotatex)*speed);
y += (sin(rotatex)*speed);
z += (sin(rotatey)*speed);
glTranslatef(x,y,z);
glRotatef(rotatex,1.0f,0.0f,0.0f);//moving up and down(and other way)
glRotatef(rotatey,0.0f,1.0f,0.0f);//moving from left to the right(and other way)


i put this in front of where is draw the object, when i move it(meaning i press up or down, left or right) the object "turns" right but it moves completly wrong and i can''t figure out how to fix it.

x += (cos(anglex)*sin(angley)*speed);
y += (sin(anglex)*speed);
z -= (cos(anglex)*cos(angley)*speed);
glTranslatef(x,y,z);
glRotatef(rotatex,1.0f,0.0f,0.0f);//up down
glRotatef(rotatey,0.0f,1.0f,0.0f);//left right


UPDATE: i found an old mathbook of mine, and voila it works, when i start the programm and turn up the "rocket" moves up, same when i turn left and right, but when i try bot at once(turning sideways and pitch, doesn't mean both keys have to be pressed, just when i turn a bit up and then left for example)everything is all wrong

(btw: angle is in radians, not in degrees like rotate is)

Edited by - Knuffy on January 9, 2002 11:46:43 AM