Hi
using:
glRotatef(60.0f,0.5f,1.0f,0.0f)
Will this rotate about the y-axis by 60 degrees
and 30 degrees around the x-axis?
is this equivalent to:
glRotatef(30.0f,1.0f,0.0f,0.0f)
glRotatef(60.0f,0.0f,1.0f,0.0f)
No and no.
It will rotate 60 degrees around the axis defined by the vector (0.5f, 1.0f, 0.0f).
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I want to have my engine set 3 rotational values for each object.
rotx,roty,rotz.
So shouldn’t these rotations be performed in one step, ie around the global x,y,z axis?
Or would I have to call
glRotatef(rotz,0,0,1)
and then work out what vector will represent the global y axis
and then call
glRotatef(roty,myCalculated axis vector)
and then calculate a vector which will represent the global x axis?
OpenGL will compose the rotation matrices you specify into a single one under the hood, so you shouldn’t have a problem as long as you don’t hit gimbal lock.