Here, I got this for you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_coordinates

Most Windows Forms objects in C# have an AllowDrop property, this must be set in order for that to work. You must also provide methods for the Drag Drop events, ie - DragEnter and DragDrop. Here's an example for dragging an image file onto a PictureBox (I apologize for the formatting): private void pictureBox1_DragEnter( object sender, ...

XNA doesn't have native animation support. In order to get your animations into your project you should look at the Skinned Model sample or a library like XNAnimation. If you're using FBX, ensure that you have the latest version of the exporter available from Autodesk. If you're using the .X format, you might want to try a few ...

I think a better place to start with this query is "How do palettes work". For an example, an 8-bit bitmap stores up to 256 colors in an array that is used as the image's palette. Each pixel then is a represented by a single byte that is an index into the palette array (thus storing 1 byte per pixel instead of 3 or ...

From what I've been reading here on the forums, the FBX exporter does not [yet?] facilitate multiple animation sets. You'll need to setup a system to keep track of your animations based on the start and end frames. I can't find it now but I know I read about using an XML file to define your animations.

I've just started trying to export some models with animations and I'm having some trouble. I'm using 3DS Max 2009 with the current version of the FBX exporter. The model is rigged and skinned and we use some animation controllers attached to the bones to make animating easier. I can view the exported model with the QuickTime ...

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I like the Windows Forms events too. I did my own input events because I prefer being able to hook and unhook event handlers easily. I don't know if I took the long way around, but I created my own input manager with KeyboardEventArgs, MouseEventArgs, & GamePadEventArgs. The InputManager checks the current input devices states against ...

Most likely, you should not be changing your Up vector. At least not in this instance where you simply want to move in the XZ plane and rotate about the Y-axis. Also be aware that matrix multiplication is not commutative (ie, [wrlMat * matRot] is not equal to [matRot * wrlMat]). With that in mind, make sure you rotate your model before you ...