Game worlds are viewed from a camera, which is the viewpoint from which the game world is observed from.

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How do I position a 2D camera in OpenGL?

I can't understand how the camera is working. It's a 2D game, so I'm displaying a game map from (0, 0, 0) to (mapSizeX, 0, mapSizeY). I'm initializing the camera as follow : Camera::Camera(void) : ...
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Camera frustum calculation coming out wrong

I'm trying to calculate a view/projection/bounding frustum for the 6 directions of a point light and I'm having trouble with the views pointing along the Y axis. Our game uses a right-handed, Y-up ...
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3D drawing precision problem. XNA

I have a simple scrolling camera positioned 2000 units about the 3D 'floor' that moves forward by 1 unit every frame and looks down on the floor at a point that also moves forward by 1 unit every ...
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Drawing the same scene with perspective then orthographic projections

I have a scene that I'm rendering first with a perspective matrix. I then want to rerender it in a different viewport using an orthographic matrix for a top-down 2D view of the scene. I think I may be ...
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Stage3D: Camera pans the whole screen

I am trying to create a 2D Stage3D game where you can move the camera around the level in an RTS style. I thought about using Orthographic Matrix3D functions for this but when I try to scroll the ...
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Camera lookAt target changes when rotating parent node

have the following issue.I have a camera with lookAt method which works fine.I have a parent node to which I parent the camera.If I rotate the parent node while keeping the camera lookAt the target , ...
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Android OpenGLES 2 ray picking, resulting coordinate jumpy in certain spots?

I am trying to implement object picking based on touch coordinates via an intersecting ray test. I am having trouble finding information on converting the touch coordinates to the coordinate system ...
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Camera - View matrix in Android + openGLES 2

I am trying to use the touch screen on the tablet to control my camera movements and generate the view matrix accordingly. I get the x and y coordinates of the screen and after doing some sanity ...
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Smooth Camera Offsets

I am attempting to implement a sort of, smooth camera that has angle offsets from the player as they turn, creating a cinematic effect as well as visual feedback for when the player turns. Here is an ...
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OpenGL ES 2.0 Camera advices and general thoughts for a 2D engine

I'm working on my first 2D OpenGL engine for iOs 5+ using GLKit (that's to say: OpenGL ES 2.0). While I am on a good path and a lot of things are implemented and nicely working, I'd like to share with ...
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AndEngine Making Chase Camera Follow Player

I am playing around with the AndEngine Race Game example. I am trying to make the camera follow the car as the player moves around. The Tile Map is larger than the player's screen but the camera ...
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resizing directx control so that more of my object's environment is visible

I'm very new in 3D. I have a DirectX control which I want to be able to resize. A 3D object is shown in the control. On resize, I would like that object to stay the same size, only more of its ...
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Drawing two orthogonal strings in 3d space in Android Canvas?

I want to draw two strings in canvas. The first string must be rotated around the Y axis, for example 45 degrees. The second string must start at the end of the first string and also it must be ...
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How do I convert my matrix from OpenGL to Marmalade?

I am using a third party rendering API, Marmalade, on top of OpenGL code and I cannot get my matrices correct. One of the API's authors states this: We're right handed by default, and we treat y ...
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Camera not staying behind model while moving in circle

I have a camera behind a model (3rd Person) and I'm having problems KEEPING it behind the model. When I first start my game, you see the back of the model. If the model moves forward, backward or ...
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reflection plane 3d

Hey there I'm trying to create a plane that can have a texture on it and reflect the 3d elements around it. for example a plane with a laminate floor texture and above it a cube rotating. I want the ...
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Orthographic Camera Zooming

In XNA I am using a spritebatch to render a board. I have created a camera class which can provide me a view and projection matrix. Currently I am supplying the view matrix to my sprite batch when I ...
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How to turn a 3d camera (in HTML5 2D Canvas)

A few years back I started experimenting with 3d in canvas. Everything went pretty well untill I had to to turn the camera, I couldn't get it done. A few days back I just happened to stumble upon ...
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Issues with Spherical Coords and gluLookAt

I am currently developing a game set in a planet(A sphere), in which my camera mostly works though some issues arise from this method: ...
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Picking 3D object with Mouse when using Camera Zooming in XNA 4.0

I've tried to figure out how to do picking with the mouse, and things work great when zoomed in all the way with the camera (Third Person Camera). And it works perfectly when using First Person ...
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How to choose a camera angle for top view game

I am stuck at choosing the 'best' camera angle for a top view game : The camera should be showing so little details just like what Boxhead provides Also the Camera angle should be similar to what ...
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Top down 2D camera in relation to keyboard commands

I have a basic 2D camera: transform = Matrix.CreateTranslation(-position.X, -position.Y, 0) * Matrix.CreateRotationZ(-rotation) * Matrix.CreateScale(new Vector3(zoom, zoom, 1)) * ...
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libGDX using Stage and Actor produces different camera angles on desktop and Android Phone

libGDX using Stage and Actor produces different camera angles on desktop and Android Phone. Here are pictures demonstrating the problem: http://brandonyuh.minus.com/mFpdTSgN17VUq On the desktop ...
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Camera Projection back Into 3D world, offset error

I'm using XNA to simulate a robot in a 3D world and then do image analysis on what the camera sees. I have my camera looking down in front of the direction that the robot is going, and I have the ...
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Making a Background Scrolling in Stacking Game

Hmmm...Is it a good idea to use a LibGDX parallax background for making a stacking game (i.e. PAPA STACKer Lite)? For example, I'm starting to use the blocks to drag-n-drop it. Next, when the next ...
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Keep 3d model facing the camera at all angles

I'm trying to keep a 3d plane facing the camera at all angles but while i have some success with this: Vector3 gunToCam = cam.cameraPosition - getWorld.Translation; Vector3 beamRight = ...