Complete source for moving the camera

OpenGL OpenGL: Basic Coding
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I already know that there isn’t real a camera in opengl, but you can move the world. Now i want to know the source code to do these things:
On keypress[n] move v units in direction made up of the angle around the x- y- and zaxes.
translatef(…)
rotatef(…)

Can someone please send me the source code for this? I don’t need initialization for lighting such stuff. Thanks - Post the sourcecode would be the best, but you can also send it to lightsabresoftware@yahoo.com (simple copy/paste)
Thanks in advance - Ls

2

Down in your windows message look at where you catch input and put this:

if(VM_UP) {
movfwd += 0.25; // this with your own speed
}
if(VM_DOWN) {
movfwd -= 0.25; // notice - instead of +
}
if(VM_LEFT) {
movright -= 0.25;
}
if(VM_RIGHT) {
movright += 0.25;
}

Then where you do all of your drawing, before you draw anything to the screen do:
glRotatef(0.0, movright, 0.0);
glTranslatef(0.0f, 0.0f, movfwd);

This will get you moving forward and backwards, left and right. You should be able to figure out the rest on your own.

Hope this helps.

wire

3

If you’re using GLUT, I have a complete example at my GLUT tutorial
http://www.fatech.com/tech/glut

Antonio

4

Maybe you want to do your own rotations/translations. You can the position the the camera where you want using gluLookAt();. Now is not the world translated but your camera.

I wrote a tutorial on this matter, called ‘a first person camera tutorial for OpenGL’. http://www.liacs.nl/~dpalomo/camtut/camtut.html

Hope this helps,

Daniel Palomo van Es

5

DPalomo: That didn’t work. I cant say why, cause I did all how you said. Now, does anyone have working code? I already have my own class, but i will use anyone other’s class that works. The best would be, if it’s not using glut or glu, i’m only using opengl with mingw32, and sometime use allegro( www.allegro.cc or www.talula.demon.co.uk )
Thanks in advance.
Ls

6

Hey, and wire, I already got that far. My problem is the angle around the z-axes (roll or twist called) and the strafing. Thx in advance.
Ls

7

Ahhhh…, ok…
just do glTranslatef(slide, 0.0f, 0.0f);
and in your message loop put something like i showed you above. Just be sure to set everything to zero after each loop unless you want to speed around forever.

wire

8

SLIDE??? Are you crazy? Thats as easy as … uhm… very very easy! It isn’t real sliding, cause it’s not affected by the zangle - and thats what i need!!!

9

Don’t yell at me, geez, your the one that didn’t make it clear what you needed!