google it bruv! quaternions site:gamedev.net
They have loads of stuff there that you'll be able to put into actionscript really easily - that's where i learnt how to use them. As another respondant said, you don't need to understand the 'why' just the 'how' which is nice, think of it as using a class someone else has written. A lot of the sample code there is C++ but the explanations are clear enough i think > >All I've see online is Quaternions from a Mathematician's view that only >a mad-scientist would understand. (Don't understand all the mathmatical >notations, I rather see code.) >I'm looking for more explainations of Quaternions from an Actionscript >"code" point of view. >(C would be too confusing, but I'll settle for Java explainations though. ) > >-- Keith H -- > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "A.Cicak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Monday, November 28, 2005 7:57 am >Subject: [Flashcoders] Re: Qauternions for avoiding gimbal-lock in 3D? > >> you dont need actionscript tutorial, quaternions work everywhere in >> the same >> way, so just google for them, there are >> many examples (most in C) but you can easily convert it to >> actionscript. >> >> "keith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> I read all over the internet about Quaternions are the solution for >> avoiding >> Gimbal-lock,but I >> dont understand the math enough to use them for rotating 3D points. >> >> I've looked at >> http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/flash/articles/3d_classes_03.html. >> Its a nice tutorial, however I need more examples to study with >> Quaternions >> used in Actionscript. >> >> Please post links or tutorials with Actionscript using Quaternions. >> >> Thanks, >> -- Keith H -- >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >_______________________________________________ >Flashcoders mailing list >[email protected] >http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
