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Newcomers DBPro Corner / Which axis is which?

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fasdfsdaf
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I am trying to make a game, but I don't know which axis goes up/down, which one goes forward/backward, and which one goes left/right. Could anyone help?

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Cookyzue
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y is up and down, x is side to side and z is forward backward.


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fasdfsdaf
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thanks

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[Also, I am making a game and am trying to posistion an object with the back edge of it at the back edge of a game board. When I do the 'z' position as 5.0, half of it is off of the side. But when I do it as 4.5, it is way down near the middle of the board.



Any help would be appreciated.

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fasdfsdaf
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Can anyone please help me?

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Gil Galvanti
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Posted: 23rd Jan 2005 09:39 Edited at: 23rd Jan 2005 09:39
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sry, not sure what u mean, if u mean that half of the object is in the gameboard/underground, then u probably did the measurement wrong. If u havent noticed, when u position an object, it is positioned from the center so if u want an object against something that is at 0,5,5 (x,y,z) then u would position the object at 0,2.5,2.5(x,y,z). If thats not what u meant sry, try explaining it again

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Don Malone
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I just had a duh moment and thought about it and XYZ is like reading a book, isn't it?

X = reading a line from left to right
Y = Reading down the page
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Z = reading the next page, getting deeper into the book.

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Just for the record that was meant to be a (weak) joke.

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That's not a bad way to look at it, but I prefer to consider the sharp corner of a box. You have a line going down from the point, "Y", a line going out sideways from the point, "X", and a line moving back from the point, "Z". How's that?
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@Gil: Okay, I did it as it should be at 4.75 and it is WAY off:



This is a screenshot of what it looks like starting at 5:



so could someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong?

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