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IWBasic => 3D Programming => Topic started by: yujinwunz on October 22, 2009, 03:36:43 AM

Title: General explanation to 3d
Post by: yujinwunz on October 22, 2009, 03:36:43 AM
Help!

After finally laying my hands on my special power pack of Emergence Basic ;D ;D ;D ;D I decided to go 3D.

However, I am very, very, VERY lost. ??? ??? VERY. ??? ??? ??? ??? The documentation for 2D was fantastic, and I managed to pick it up in half an hour.(that was like 2 years ago) But the documentation for 3D didn't give me a clear path.

I have no idea! I don't know how camera works, vectors, polygons, anything! ??? ??? ??? ??? ???

Does anyone know which way I should go?

Thank you so much

Yujin
Title: Re: General explanation to 3d
Post by: pistol350 on October 22, 2009, 05:21:06 AM
You should have a look at Cbasic's userGuide.
Cbasic's 3D syntax is different from Ebasic's, but from what i remember, the 3D section of the UsersGuide is very well documented.
You will also find various 3d sample codes that we may help convert to Ebasic and i still have many 3d examples from Ibasic std originally posted in the old Forum.

There are also various Aurora 3D examples around.
Hope that helps.
Title: Re: General explanation to 3d
Post by: RG on October 22, 2009, 07:51:37 AM
Studying the examples in the 3D samples folder (in the projects folder in the ebasic folder) is how I learned. Here is a link to a program I posted in this forum that shows the basics of setting up screen, camera, lights and a mesh.

http://www.ionicwind.com/forums/index.php/topic,2000.0.html

Rich