Rotating Mesh Based on Camera Position

[CuteAlien]

Sorry, no idea what your moveForward is supposed to do (not saying it makes no sense, but on a quick view I couldn't figure out how it's supposed to work). Just to explain what I tried to say above how I would try to do that (not 100% sure if it works as I have no example right now, but that's how I would start):

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void Player::moveForward()
{
   irr::core::vector3df oldPos(   playerMesh->getPosition());
   irr::core::vector3df direction(0,0,1); // front of your model (the direction of the nose)
 
   cam->GetIrrCamNode()->updateAbsolutePosition();
   core::CMatrix4<float> tempMat(cam->GetIrrCamNode()->getAbsoluteTransformation());
   tempMat. rotateVect(direction);
   direction.Y = 0.f;
   direction.normalize();
   const float SPEED = 10.f; // or whatever value
   direction *= SPEED;
 
   playerMesh->setPosition(oldPos+direction);
}
 

And by using values like (1,0,0) and (0,0,-1) and (-1,0,0) instead you can move in all 4 directions.

[GuyOnAWallaby]

Thanks that helped. I am very new to programming in 3D so not quite sure what I am doing.