Re: [pygame] Positioning Objects in 3D w/ Pygame/OpenGL

[Richard Jones <richardjones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 03:27 pm, Kris Schnee wrote:
> I 
> could put a rectangle in the right spot and texture it with a character
> image, but how can I rotate it so that it's facing the screen?

The technique you're after is called "billboarding". Here's a tute:

   http://www.lighthouse3d.com/opengl/billboarding/


    Richard
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