Transformation in game development is usually refers to linear algebra operations on points, vectors and matrices.
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Inverting matrix then decomposing gives different quaternion than decomposing then inverting the quat
I'm getting different signs when I convert a matrix to quaternion and invert that, versus when I invert a matrix and then get the quaternion from it:
Quaternion a = Quaternion.Invert(getRotation(m));
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Why do we move the world instead of the camera?
I heard that in an OpenGL game what we do to let the player move is not to move the camera but to move the whole world around.
For example here is an extract of this tutorial: OpenGL View matrix
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How can I attach a model to the bone of another model?
I am trying to attach one animated model to one of the bones of another animated model in an XNA game.
I've found a few questions/forum posts/articles online which explain how to attach a weapon ...
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importing animations in Blender, weird rotations/locations
This is for the Blender 2.6 API.
There are two problems:
1. When I import a single animation frame from my animation file to Blender, all bones look fine.
But when I import multiple (all of the ...
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Transform 3d viewport vector to 2d vector
I am playing around with 3d transformations and came along an issue.
I have a 3d vector already within the viewport and need to transform it to a 2d vector. (let's say my screen is 10x10)
Does that ...
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Canvas isometric translations to integer coordinates
I'm creating a canvas based game with an isometric playing board. I use the following transformations to get my square tiles to render on the screen:
'applyViewportTransformation' : function() {
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Translating local to global coordinates in ARToolkit / OpenGL
Ok, so I've tried reading over the other questions and something's just not clicking for me. I am working on an augmented reality application using ARToolkit, however it should just be straight ...
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getting bone base and tip positions from a transform matrix?
I need this for a Blender3d script, but you don't really need to know Blender to answer this.
I need to get bone head and tip positions from a transform matrix read from a file.
The position of base ...
