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nuclear glory
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Posted: 17th Jun 2004 00:12
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We're working on a growing tutorial database. It is aimed specifically towards the math behind the graphics rather than at any language specifically. These should be good for beginners and/or people interested in touching up on their math.

Page is at:
http://www.nuclearglory.com/tutorials.php

More tutorials are underway.

Any/all comments appreciated.

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Rixarn
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Posted: 17th Jun 2004 00:46 Edited at: 17th Jun 2004 00:46
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Im starting to learn DarkBasic, but i know sooner or later ill have to learn some maths for my programs. I have a question tho, your maths tutorials covers what i need to, for example, make my 2d mouse selector over a 3d world? ive cheked most codes and they use a lot of Sin Cosin etc etc...
Also, for a newbie like me, some examples of in what i can use this knowledge besides colision lights me,

in any case, thanks man!! Tutorial makers just rock!!
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nuclear glory
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Posted: 17th Jun 2004 00:55 Edited at: 17th Jun 2004 00:57
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Quote: "your maths tutorials covers what i need to, for example, make my 2d mouse selector over a 3d world?"


I'm sure the math in the tutorials could be applied to such a thing. You'll probably need to delv. into some camera frustrum mathematics to do that properly.

The real goal behind the tuts is to empower you with the math to invent your own routines

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MikeS
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Posted: 17th Jun 2004 00:59
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Excellent tutorials Nuclear Glory. Since I'm rather new to these kinds of maths it's really helpful.

Simple, sweet, and tell you how they help you, that's the best kind of tutorial you can get.



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XGoDSouL
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Posted: 17th Jun 2004 01:40 Edited at: 17th Jun 2004 01:43
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That reminds me my secondary 5 maths and physics =)

Well, it's pretty well explained for the lenght... But you WON'T make me believe that resumes it entirely =P One entire session on the SIN/COS/TAN/ARCTAN/ARCCOS/ARCSIN/ARG functions can't be resumed in these pages, or i'll pursue my math teacher for making that soooo long =P But well, thats a good base for any 3D coder =) And by the way, most of the complexes 3d maths functions (beyond simple sin/cos) are remplaced by easy commands [EDIT]in DarkBasic[/EDIT]... (WHY DIDN'T MY CALCULATOR HAD THAT ??? =)
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nuclear glory
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Posted: 17th Jun 2004 01:59 Edited at: 17th Jun 2004 02:00
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@MikeS
Thanks, glad you found them to be helpful.

The 'cross product' and an extended version of the 'pythagorean theorem' are on the way too.

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Phaelax
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Posted: 17th Jun 2004 04:30
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I could always do a tutorial on using matrix math. Good for rotations, image filters, etc... I'd probably have to refresh myself with it first though.

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nuclear glory
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Posted: 17th Jun 2004 04:41 Edited at: 17th Jun 2004 04:41
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That'd be sweet. We'd probably link to you (or host it on our site if needed/wanted) if it turned out to be a decent tutorial.

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Phaelax
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Posted: 18th Jun 2004 10:41
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I'll see what I can come up with next week.

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Mussi
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Posted: 18th Jun 2004 23:50 Edited at: 19th Jun 2004 01:20
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A tutorial on matrices and you'd have something usefull for me to



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nuclear glory
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Posted: 22nd Jun 2004 20:41
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Phaelax has prepared a matrix tutorial.

Page at:
http://svexian.dbspot.com/tutorial_matrix.html

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