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Well, the easiest way i can think of would be to

render scene
push a modelview matrix,
set it to identity,
move your text into position
render text
pop matrix

(of course if your scene transform changes every frame as i suspect it does, you could instead of pushing and popping the modelview matrix, simply set the current matrix to identity and then move your text. since theres no sense in saving a state that wont be used again anyways)

i have a question for you though: Unless you have your text at a little angle so you can see the bottom of the text, whats the point of having 3d text anyways? you might as well use bitmap fonts if you ask me.

as far as the 3ds skeletal animation question goes, i'm sure there are some tutorials out there, though i gotta ask, why do 3ds anyways? there are other formats far more suited for games anyways

cheers (hope that helps)
-Dan

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Original post by Ademan555 Well, the easiest way i can think of would be to render scene push a modelview matrix, set it to identity, move your text into position render text pop matrix (of course if your scene transform changes every frame as i suspect it does, you could instead of pushing and popping the modelview matrix, simply set the current matrix to identity and then move your text. since theres no sense in saving a state that wont be used again anyways) i have a question for you though: Unless you have your text at a little angle so you can see the bottom of the text, whats the point of having 3d text anyways? you might as well use bitmap fonts if you ask me. as far as the 3ds skeletal animation question goes, i'm sure there are some tutorials out there, though i gotta ask, why do 3ds anyways? there are other formats far more suited for games anyways cheers (hope that helps) -Dan

ok. It's working. Only problem is this - when i turn the camera with the mouse or keyboard, the text doesn't turn with it - meaning that if i turned the camera 90 degrees for example, i see the side of the 3d text

Well if you're setting the modelview to identity, and then translating your text into position (in screen space), it should stay anchored to the camera, because the translations and rotations associated with the camera arent applied

hope that helps
-Dan

You mean "glLoadIdentity()" ?

erm... anyone?

I think that you're rotating the camera around the text. The glLoadIdentity function will clear the current matrix to an identity matrix. Can you post some code?