i want to add some missles on my FIghter object. I want to rotate the missle around the Fighters center. I will initilize the pos of the missle to where i want it to be on the fighter. All i want is for the missle to rotate around the objects center , translating will be easy. and when i fire the missle i will initilaze its own local axis. thxs

I think you do circular motion like this (not tested):

its a 3d object and i dont think i understand your code. center is the center of the object that we going to rotate on right?

yeah. It''s more trigonometry - uses the unit circle phenomenon.

Basically, the degree variable counts up from 0 to 360, then at 360 resets to 0. This represents the rotation angle.

Imagine that your rotation angle is a line extending from the centre of the circle, moving along the circumference of the circle. That''s the path you want the missile to take. As the degree changes, the trigonometric functions of cosine and sine change as well.
It would take a couple hours to explain the unit circle, but basically, sin(degrees)*radius returns the y-coordinate for that rotation angle, and will never be further from the circle''s center than the radius length. cos(degrees)*radius returns the x-coordinate for that rotation angle, and also has a maximum distance from the centre of the radius length.

I''m not sure which language you using, but often you''ll need the degree angle in radians. To convert from degrees to radians, multiply the degree number by (pi/180) before you use it in a sin() or cos() function.

If you are using C++ and can implement lists and trees you can make the missile a "child" of the fighter and give it a local matrix in "fighter space" - get your update routines to transform first by the parents world matrix then the child local matrix and you won''t have to rotate the bugger at all - it will do it automatically. When the missile is fired simply unlink it from the parent. Unfortunately this is a little more complex to implement than it is for me to suggest as I have here. It took me ages to get close to doing this and most of it was reading about linked lists which are pretty boring but invaluable tools. You may want to think about it for future endeavours.

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