rotate3d_model(3)

💅 rotate3d_model — like, the whole manual page, bestie

okay so real talk: this is rotate3d_model(3) from the Arcan Lua API, and it's genuinely one of those little functions that eats. let me put you on 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

rotate3d_model — set the current rotation for the specified model. that's it. that's the vibe. 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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rotate3d_model( vid:model, number:roll, number:pitch, number:yaw )
rotate3d_model( vid:model, number:roll, number:pitch, number:yaw, int:
dt )
rotate3d_model( vid:model, number:roll, number:pitch, number:yaw, int:
dt, int:mode )

so you've got three whole ways to call her — the plain three-angle serve, the one with a dt, and the full six-argument moment where mode finally shows up. pick your fighter 🫶

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so the whole move3d, rotate3d, scale3d etc. class of functions? they're literally the 2D girlies' siblings but with an extra z coordinate tacked on. and the way that's actually kind of iconic is — you can use them on normal 2D objects too, if you wanna achieve other effects. no cap, they'll work. ✨

the added mode argument can be one of ROTATE_RELATIVE or ROTATE_ABSOLUTE — and ROTATE_ABSOLUTE is the default, fyi. what it does is change how the angles get interpreted:

• ROTATE_ABSOLUTE → the angles are = val (straight up set it)
• ROTATE_RELATIVE → the angles are += val (add onto what's already there)

so like, one is "this is the rotation now, periodt" and the other is "keep going from where we are". choose wisely bestie 💅

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🦋 EXAMPLE 🦋

function rotate3d_model0()
      camera = null_surface(4, 4, 0, 0, 0);
      view = camtag_model(camera, 0);
      model = build_plane3d(-5.0, -5.0, 5.0, 5.0, -0.4, 1.0, 1.0, 0);
      show_image(model);
      rotate3d_model(model, 45, 45, 45, 100);
end

look at her go 😭 camera, view, plane, show it, then rotate3d_model(model, 45, 45, 45, 100) and suddenly everything's at an angle. main character energy fr fr 🔥

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👀 SEE ALSO: 👀

• orient3d_model(3)
• move3d_model(3)

go read those next, iykyk 🧚

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! this lil gem lives in the 3d manual section, dated October 2026 — mwah, slay, go rotate something 💜🎀⭐