Need math help

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i need help with this one. p_movement is the vector of the relative movement of an actor (10,0,-5). y is always 0 because i have only walking actors. works fine for the ai.

in case of a human, the worldrotation depends on where the player is looking at, resulting in slower movements when he is looking into the sky or at his invisible feet. i want to eliminate the y-component of the worldrotations, but to be honest, i have no idea how quaternions work. i just used the methods that they offer and so far, any problem could be solved with them.


  public void moveRelativeBy(final Vector3f p_movement, final boolean p_flattenMovement) {
    getWorldRotation().multLocal(p_movement);
    getLocalTranslation().addLocal(p_movement);
    afterMove();
  }


every idea i had so far (rotate 0,0,1 (forward) by worldrotation, set y to 0, get angle between z-axis and the new vector, rotate p_movement around it instead of worldrotation) involves lots of complex calculations and breaks the "every problem can be solved in 5 lines"-rule. can it be solved simpler?
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Ok, let's see if I understand your problem correctly. You want to get your speed vector to be always the same magnitude in the XZ plane regardless of the direction (up-down) your node is looking at?



If so, then just set the y-coordinate to 0, normalize your vector and rescale it to the appropriate size. This is as easy as it gets… If you meant something else, please specify.

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yes, that indeed is a good, clean and simple solution. you were a good substitute for my own brain. thank you.