rotating and moving a box...

[owen_holiday]

ok heres my problem... what i want to do is create a rectangle on the screen... in an openGL window, in 2D. what i want to do is when i press forward the box will move in the direction its currently facing, then when i hit the left or right arrow keys, the box will rotate in that direction so that when i hit the up arrow again... the box will travel in whatever direction its currently facing. i'm sortof new at this, and would appreciate any comments or suggestions. basically i can draw the box no problem, and i think that i need to use the glRotatef() function to rotate it, but don't know how to use it. i also have absolutely no idea how to move the box in the direction it's currently facing.

also i am working strictly in 2D...

any sample code would be fantastic..

owen

[This message has been edited by owen_holiday (edited 01-27-2004).]

[oGL_nEwB]

try the rotating tut over at nehe.gamedev.net (http://nehe.gamedev.net)