3D Q:views in 3d

[zendraw]

so im fairly new with 3d and i was wondering can game maker have an orthagonal view or projection, while in 3d mode? like how it is in blender.

 

[The Sentient]

If you are good with Matrices, you can have any type of view that you can imagine.

 

[zendraw]

that rings no bells, but you can direct me to a source for me to check it out if its ok with you.
but overall your sayng you cant do that with just using what game maker offers you?

 

[Ziphold]

d3d_set_projection_ortho()

 

[Binsk]

d3d_set_projection_ortho()

Not quite. While that is an ortho projection, GM limits it's usefulness.

I think that this is more what is needed:
d3d_set_perspective

You can disable perspective rendering which should result in orthographic.

 

[zendraw]

so drom some testing, with what ziphold suggested, id have to calculate the rotations and etc to a specific angle. altho theyr flat, you have no 3d controll over the view.
otherwise setting d3d set perspective doesnt seem to do anything, but the most close to the orthographic view from blend is just setting the angle to 45 in d3d set projection ext.

 

[zendraw]

so just to update, ive achived what i want by messing with the transform functions.
these 2 create the desired effect for me

    d3d_transform_set_rotation_axis(0, 0, 1, direction);
    d3d_transform_add_rotation_x(-45);

basically they make the object rotate to the direction while being leaned back a bit.

PS: this in combo with the ortho projection.