gimble lock

[BlinkerGuy]

Hello.

This is stopping my gameprojects dead. The gimble lock.

I've been googling for an article like this but none of them appears to be helpful..

I am trying to make a flight simulator game but I don't know anything about advanced maths.

Using the sample diagram code I display:

-------START-------
Declare PosX, PosY, PosZ variables
Declare RotX, RotY, RotZ variables

start loop

display camera position and angles

if w key pressed then
insert code to move foward
end if

if s key pressed then
insert code to move backward
end if

if a key pressed then
RotY=RotY-1
end if

if d key pressed then
RotY=RotY+1
end if

if e key pressed then
RotX=RotX-1
end if

if c key pressed then
RotX=RotX+1
end if

if z key pressed then
RotZ=RotZ-1
end if


if x key pressed then
RotZ=RotZ+1
end if

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can anyone help?

[darqSHADOW]

You're using too simple of math for such a complex 3D rotational problem. Switch to matrix math and you can eliminate all of these issues.

DS

[Mihail121]

Yep, this camera system looks too primitive to me too! Try reading through the net about "camera systems" and you'll quickly find what you need. Besides, i don't see anything complex in camera systems unless you want to interpolate between two rotation angles. In that case you'll need basic quaternions but they ain't so hard to understand too.

[Kenneth Gorking]

The reason you couldn't find anything on google, is because you spelled it wrong. It's called gimbal lock, not gimble.