<![CDATA[proposal: instead of using x/y/z for 3d coordinates, use h/v/d, horizontal, vertical, depth]]>proposal: instead of using x/y/z for 3d coordinates, use h/v/d, horizontal, vertical, depth

now nobody will be confused which axis is up

(note: proposal is tongue-in-cheek)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/d47d12cd-1c9d-4338-b27a-c5b3f348a72b/proposal-instead-of-using-x-y-z-for-3d-coordinates-use-h-v-d-horizontal-vertical-depthRSS for NodeMon, 25 May 2026 16:40:23 GMTFri, 15 May 2026 12:14:05 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to proposal: instead of using x/y/z for 3d coordinates, use h/v/d, horizontal, vertical, depth on Fri, 15 May 2026 13:18:48 GMT]]>@eniko h/v/d, obviously standing for height, vvidth, and distance-

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://critter.cafe/users/irina/statuses/116578787581409503https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://critter.cafe/users/irina/statuses/116578787581409503Fri, 15 May 2026 13:18:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to proposal: instead of using x/y/z for 3d coordinates, use h/v/d, horizontal, vertical, depth on Fri, 15 May 2026 13:17:47 GMT]]>@eniko what about h / u / d for horizontal, yurizontal and depth ?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/gkrnours/statuses/116578783556620217https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/gkrnours/statuses/116578783556620217Fri, 15 May 2026 13:17:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to proposal: instead of using x/y/z for 3d coordinates, use h/v/d, horizontal, vertical, depth on Fri, 15 May 2026 13:14:36 GMT]]>@jessechounard @eniko see, your problem is that you're using y for the row, which is obviously wrong 8-D

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sociale.network/users/oblomov/statuses/116578771061145423https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sociale.network/users/oblomov/statuses/116578771061145423Fri, 15 May 2026 13:14:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to proposal: instead of using x/y/z for 3d coordinates, use h/v/d, horizontal, vertical, depth on Fri, 15 May 2026 13:14:28 GMT]]>@eniko

h/b/d - height/breadth/depth ?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/staringatclouds/statuses/116578770500220558https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/staringatclouds/statuses/116578770500220558Fri, 15 May 2026 13:14:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to proposal: instead of using x/y/z for 3d coordinates, use h/v/d, horizontal, vertical, depth on Fri, 15 May 2026 13:14:22 GMT]]>@eniko What about row mayor / column mayor matrices 😐 ? ( and row / column vectors V * A or A * V ? )

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.wales/users/gilesgoat/statuses/116578770146635543https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.wales/users/gilesgoat/statuses/116578770146635543Fri, 15 May 2026 13:14:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to proposal: instead of using x/y/z for 3d coordinates, use h/v/d, horizontal, vertical, depth on Fri, 15 May 2026 13:10:14 GMT]]>@oblomov @eniko I avoid row/col because that's y/x (not x/y) and I have to stop and think about it every time.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/jessechounard/statuses/116578753841810909https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/jessechounard/statuses/116578753841810909Fri, 15 May 2026 13:10:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to proposal: instead of using x/y/z for 3d coordinates, use h/v/d, horizontal, vertical, depth on Fri, 15 May 2026 12:57:15 GMT]]>@eniko i mean depth is already used for size in the z dimension, like width and height are for x and y, so it should’ve been obvious already

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/maia/statuses/116578702797588080https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/maia/statuses/116578702797588080Fri, 15 May 2026 12:57:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to proposal: instead of using x/y/z for 3d coordinates, use h/v/d, horizontal, vertical, depth on Fri, 15 May 2026 12:38:29 GMT]]>@eniko jokes aside, it's not a bad proposal. It's the same reason why I use row/col instead of x/y or i/j as indices in matrices.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sociale.network/users/oblomov/statuses/116578629043437354https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sociale.network/users/oblomov/statuses/116578629043437354Fri, 15 May 2026 12:38:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to proposal: instead of using x/y/z for 3d coordinates, use h/v/d, horizontal, vertical, depth on Fri, 15 May 2026 12:37:56 GMT]]>@eniko «ok but which horizontal is which»

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sociale.network/users/oblomov/statuses/116578626835094603https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sociale.network/users/oblomov/statuses/116578626835094603Fri, 15 May 2026 12:37:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to proposal: instead of using x/y/z for 3d coordinates, use h/v/d, horizontal, vertical, depth on Fri, 15 May 2026 12:35:32 GMT]]>@mdreid @eniko thing is, I’m gonna remember this one

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sometimes.social/users/jordan/statuses/116578617393370431https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sometimes.social/users/jordan/statuses/116578617393370431Fri, 15 May 2026 12:35:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to proposal: instead of using x/y/z for 3d coordinates, use h/v/d, horizontal, vertical, depth on Fri, 15 May 2026 12:35:28 GMT]]>@ratsnakegames so actually if you use h/v/d then that opens up x/y for texture coordinates, perfect!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/eniko/statuses/116578617154249943https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/eniko/statuses/116578617154249943Fri, 15 May 2026 12:35:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to proposal: instead of using x/y/z for 3d coordinates, use h/v/d, horizontal, vertical, depth on Fri, 15 May 2026 12:35:12 GMT]]>@eniko sub-proposal to rename 'depth' to 'stabby' because it measure how close something is to stabbing you!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.chaosfield.at/users/dequbed/statuses/116578616100173957https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.chaosfield.at/users/dequbed/statuses/116578616100173957Fri, 15 May 2026 12:35:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to proposal: instead of using x/y/z for 3d coordinates, use h/v/d, horizontal, vertical, depth on Fri, 15 May 2026 12:34:56 GMT]]>@ratsnakegames ohhh that's what you mean lol

yeah idk why it's uv but i assume it is because xyzw were already taken

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/eniko/statuses/116578615076502969https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/eniko/statuses/116578615076502969Fri, 15 May 2026 12:34:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to proposal: instead of using x/y/z for 3d coordinates, use h/v/d, horizontal, vertical, depth on Fri, 15 May 2026 12:34:21 GMT]]>@eniko (at least i always assumed they were UV coordinates because X and Y were already used for a vertex's 3d position)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ratsnakegames/statuses/116578612776158650https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ratsnakegames/statuses/116578612776158650Fri, 15 May 2026 12:34:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to proposal: instead of using x/y/z for 3d coordinates, use h/v/d, horizontal, vertical, depth on Fri, 15 May 2026 12:33:10 GMT]]>@eniko yeah but you can't use the same letter twice

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ratsnakegames/statuses/116578608133676162https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ratsnakegames/statuses/116578608133676162Fri, 15 May 2026 12:33:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to proposal: instead of using x/y/z for 3d coordinates, use h/v/d, horizontal, vertical, depth on Fri, 15 May 2026 12:31:40 GMT]]>@eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place Inspired by Kerbal Space Program and flight simulators, I'd suggest pitch/roll/yaw for rotation as well.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://catodon.rocks/notes/amagnuqdq79y0f38https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://catodon.rocks/notes/amagnuqdq79y0f38Fri, 15 May 2026 12:31:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to proposal: instead of using x/y/z for 3d coordinates, use h/v/d, horizontal, vertical, depth on Fri, 15 May 2026 12:29:28 GMT]]>@ratsnakegames those are 2d so x/y works but h/v also works i suppose

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/eniko/statuses/116578593565186554https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/eniko/statuses/116578593565186554Fri, 15 May 2026 12:29:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to proposal: instead of using x/y/z for 3d coordinates, use h/v/d, horizontal, vertical, depth on Fri, 15 May 2026 12:25:20 GMT]]>@eniko
eXpand (gain width)
Yeet (upwards)
Zoom (away)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mdreid/statuses/116578577331482520https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mdreid/statuses/116578577331482520Fri, 15 May 2026 12:25:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to proposal: instead of using x/y/z for 3d coordinates, use h/v/d, horizontal, vertical, depth on Fri, 15 May 2026 12:22:50 GMT]]>@gbargoud @eniko ... except you still need two angles so order still matters

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ratsnakegames/statuses/116578567474201381https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ratsnakegames/statuses/116578567474201381Fri, 15 May 2026 12:22:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to proposal: instead of using x/y/z for 3d coordinates, use h/v/d, horizontal, vertical, depth on Fri, 15 May 2026 12:17:30 GMT]]>@eniko

Make all of your coordinates using a radial system with the character as the origin point.

Sure you need to recalculate the position of every object in the universe any time the character takes a step or turns and the lag would be horrifying but it's extremely unambiguous

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.nyc/users/gbargoud/statuses/116578546526395724https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.nyc/users/gbargoud/statuses/116578546526395724Fri, 15 May 2026 12:17:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to proposal: instead of using x/y/z for 3d coordinates, use h/v/d, horizontal, vertical, depth on Fri, 15 May 2026 12:15:59 GMT]]>@eniko what's your proposal for UV coordinates?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ratsnakegames/statuses/116578540531831772https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ratsnakegames/statuses/116578540531831772Fri, 15 May 2026 12:15:59 GMT