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Hey guys,
So I have my sphere working... it is kool!
And the best thing is that I completely understand the maths behind it too, even manipulated it so that it starts drawing on the negative z-axis.
Here is an image to see what it looks like.
Better resolution, more slices/segments.
My next step is is to texture it with a picture (i.e. earth). Been reading lots of stuff on it and it seems for my application the most appropriate implementation would something along Paul Rademacher's site, "Ray Tracing: Graphics for the Masses" or ZMan's article which is based on Paul's implementation anyways, "Ask the ZMan: Applying Textures, Part 3".
There is also Paul Bourke's article, "Parametric Equation of a Sphere and Texture Mapping" but I'm a bit confused as to which section of his article is appropriate for my problem.
It seems that Paul Rademacher's or ZMan's article would be what I need?
The way I am generating my sphere is manually, by converting spherical coordinates to cartesian coordinates.
So what which one should be I try to understand, and hopefully be able to implement?
P. S. I want to give credit to johnstanp for helping me with understand what I know now :)
So I have my sphere working... it is kool!
And the best thing is that I completely understand the maths behind it too, even manipulated it so that it starts drawing on the negative z-axis.
Here is an image to see what it looks like.
Better resolution, more slices/segments.
My next step is is to texture it with a picture (i.e. earth). Been reading lots of stuff on it and it seems for my application the most appropriate implementation would something along Paul Rademacher's site, "Ray Tracing: Graphics for the Masses" or ZMan's article which is based on Paul's implementation anyways, "Ask the ZMan: Applying Textures, Part 3".
There is also Paul Bourke's article, "Parametric Equation of a Sphere and Texture Mapping" but I'm a bit confused as to which section of his article is appropriate for my problem.
It seems that Paul Rademacher's or ZMan's article would be what I need?
The way I am generating my sphere is manually, by converting spherical coordinates to cartesian coordinates.
SNIPPET OF CODE (generating north pole vertices here)vertices[ n ].position.x = radius * sinf( D3DXToRadian( phi + deltaPhi )) * sinf( D3DXToRadian( theta ));vertices[ n ].position.y = radius * cosf( D3DXToRadian( phi + deltaPhi ));vertices[ n ].position.z = ( -1 * radius ) * sinf( D3DXToRadian( phi + deltaPhi )) * cosf( D3DXToRadian( theta ));n++;vertices[ n ].position.x = radius * sinf( D3DXToRadian( phi )) * sinf( D3DXToRadian( theta ));vertices[ n ].position.y = radius * cosf( D3DXToRadian( phi ));vertices[ n ].position.z = ( -1 * radius ) * sinf( D3DXToRadian( phi )) * cosf( D3DXToRadian( theta ));n++;vertices[ n ].position.x = radius * sinf( D3DXToRadian( phi + deltaPhi )) * sinf( D3DXToRadian( theta + deltaTheta ));vertices[ n ].position.y = radius * cosf( D3DXToRadian( phi + deltaPhi ));vertices[ n ].position.z = ( -1 * radius ) * sinf( D3DXToRadian( phi + deltaPhi )) * cosf( D3DXToRadian( theta + deltaTheta ));So what which one should be I try to understand, and hopefully be able to implement?
P. S. I want to give credit to johnstanp for helping me with understand what I know now :)