Starfield

[alkatran]

Lately I've been trying to make a 3d program (with Qb) i started out by trying to make a 3d starfield (like the screensaver), I've got most of it down, but i can't seem to get the math for placing a star right... I can get the direction, but not the distance away from the center...

Here's the placement code:

Far = ABS(Dir1)+ABS(Dir2) / 2
'Far is how far from the center
'Dir1 is the angle from you to the star (X and Z axis)
'Dir2 is the angle from you to the star (Y and Z axis)
'Dir3 is the angle from you to the star (X and Y axis)
 
X = 320 + (((ABS(Far)*SIN(Rad(Dir3))) / 180) * 640)
Y = 210 + (((ABS(Far)*COS(Rad(Dir3))) / 180) * 420)
'Rad is a function that converts degrees to radians
'X is x position, and Y is y position
'320+ and 210+ put the startign point in mid of screen
'/180)*640 and /180)*420 stretch the circle out so it coveres the screen

The problem is with the first line of course, i used the angles... the actual moving forward looks pretty real, but if i tell it to move to the side... well the stars seem to go in a circle

Any ideas?

[Sastraxi]

I made one like this a while ago, and what I did is create the finishing point and a speed for the star. That speed is how many ticks it should take for the star to get there. I then subtracted the centrex from the endx, same with the y, and divided that by the speed. Then I added that to the star's position and it worked like cake.