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Date: 16 Jan 1999 15:15:01
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Could you post it to the group or put it on your web-site?


On Sun, 10 Jan 1999 08:09:28 -0800, Raymond Tracing <Ray### [at] tracingorg>
wrote:

>Chris Field wrote:
>
>> hello all,
>> its hard to explain the problem....basically what im trying to achieve is to
>> have the camera flying along over a landscape. this is easy enough going in
>> a straight line, but turning is giving me trouble.
>>
>> i can easily stop and execute a rather jerky 90 degree turn...but an elegant
>> sweeping turn would be ideal.
>> also to have the camera tilt as it goes through the turn would be perfect...
>>
>> now im sure this can be done with a complex mathematical equation coupled
>> with some funky #if statements....but its beyond me.
>>
>> i cant find any equations which can do what i want easily, despite having
>> lots of big maths books from uni..
>> do i have to do this the hard way or is there an incredibly easy method?
>>
>> any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Chris.
>>
>> * Funky cheap t-shirts (irrelevant) *
>> http://surf.to/quarter-mile
>
>  I have an include file that will help. It's bundled with a smoke
>genrating include file I downloaded a while back. The original
>authors web page has is gone but I have the archive. It is touted
>as being an include file for banking a turnig. Let me know with
>a message here and I'll email it to you.
>
>Raymond

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