Re: [Plib-users] Rotation problems

[Steve B. <sjb...@ai...>]

m6...@ma... wrote:

> I am a new to 3D programming. Basically I wanted to use a library to create my
> own world. I managed to load a 3ds object file thanx to plib engine. It
> was fantastic.
> Until I came to the rotation problems which do not make any sense to me.
> I need
> to say here that I would like to notify, that documentation is not so
> good...It
> leaves functions to be guessed on how a man can use them. Anyway, with the aid
> of the tutorials (which were something more like stand-alone apps :)
> rather than
> simple tutorials )

Yes - we kinda start with the assumption that you know a little 3D graphics
already.

> Please, if you have the time, tell me what I do wrong here...
> What I WANT to do and not what OpenGL wants ;) is to rotate the object around
> its own axis, and not around the X,Y,Z axis of the "3D - world". After days of
> examination this was the closest solution I could find.

May I suggest that you look at my FAQ:

 http://www.sjbaker.org/steve/omniv

...click on "Matrices can be your friends".

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