Methods for finding out things...

Void · Post by **Void** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 1:56 am

Hello,

I need help and dont know where to get it from,

I have a player model(good ol sydney), and a camera that should sit infront of her face and "follow her around" so i can see from her view. I can get the camera to follow her put if she turns around(her angle is based on the camera angle) she is in front of the camera. get wat i mean?

Anyway that is just an introduction cuz i just want to know how i am supposed to find out what cetain functions do. the help file gives only paramiter info and doesnt say what they are for. I dont want to spend days playin with functions just to find out what they do. for example the camerascenenodes getupvector() function, what is the up vector? and a view FRUSTRUM! WTF? i hope you get my point, i know not everybody is emailin niko an askin an i dont want to all the time...

so im askin what methods do other people use to find out what things do?

thanks,
Void

P.S. why is the getrotation not a simple 360 deg rotation if i turn round twice i get 720deg angle...why is this made this way?

Robomaniac · Post by **Robomaniac** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 2:00 am

Google

keless · Post by **keless** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 2:25 am

1) view other people's thread questions

2) view other people's code (many IrrLicht-based projects are open source)

3) post a question in the Adv/Newb forums

saigumi · Post by **saigumi** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 2:41 pm

All the above, plus:

Been reading all the articles on Gamedev.net plus the forums.
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