Hopefully someone has done this before or has some magical insight.
I'm using an openGL matrix, which is a 16-element float array (1D, not 2D!!). The first four elements are the X axis orientation, the next 4 are the Y axis, the next 4 the Z axis, and the last 4 actual coordinates (the last number of each is always 0, except the very last which is one). As a 2D array (which we do multiply them in that manner too), it would look like this:
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X Y Z CC
0 4 8 12
1 5 7 13
2 6 9 14
3 7 10 15
So a dead center point will be
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1 0 0 0
0 1 0 0
0 0 1 0
0 0 0 1
hence
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float GLmatrix[16]={1.0,0.0,0.0,0.0, 0.0,1.0,0.0,0.0, 0.0,0.0,1.0,0.0, 0.0,0.0,0.0,1.0};
The purpose of the matrix is to use it as the base for the location and orientation of a 3D object.
The orientation of a single point seems irrelevent, but it can still be rotated, and you would rotate a cube (eg) the same way. So what I want is a simple function to spin this object around the y axis. I figured the way to do this would be to use the sin of the x-axis X value and the cos of the x-axis Z value:
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void YRotate (float deg, float matrix[16]) {
float rads;
if (deg==0.0) return;
rads=deg/(2.0*GL_PI); /* math.h uses rads */
matrix[0]=sin(rads);
matrix[2]=cos(rads);
}
Which works but it flattens the cube! So I get something that looks like those spinning "live bait" signs they have outside gas stations during the summer.
Any deep thoughts on what I missed?