I think expecting someone to know such values is a bit outside the knowledge base of most people. I can put this in as a 'feature request',but before I do, I shall mention it here:

I think to avoid having to load a given mproj ( sponza in this case), it would be far easier (i'd code it myself if I could) to have PRESET's that would make life much easier. Having to enter rotation values for objects is a mind numbing thing ( glad I know about it though) when we are talking about something so basic as movement in a game, and that when those values are wrong, it causes a great deal of mayhem.

I honestly don't even recall the TUT I watched for maratis, saying anything about needing to 'set' those values to things to work correctly.

thx )
Gm

- Player : 0 0 -90
- Head : 0 0 0

Head parent is Player
Camera parent is Head

Also check that the scale of Player and Head are uniform (meaning the same scale for x, y and z)
a non-uniform scale on a 3d object can deform it's children's coordinates.

I then created the values as given in sponza and it works fine except for these few things..Ive double checked and I simply can't find what I've got incorrect here, but yes I'd be happy to post script Im using .

My script which is exact duplicate of sponza script:

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-- Maratis
-- Jules script test
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-- get objects
Player = getObject("Player")
Head = getObject("Head")

dx = 0.0
dy = 0.0

centerCursor()
mx = getAxis("MOUSE_X")
my = getAxis("MOUSE_Y")

-- scene update
function onSceneUpdate()

    -- rotate Player (X mouse)
    rotate(Player, {0, 0, -1}, dx*100)
   
    -- rotate Head (Y mouse)
    rotate(Head, {-1, 0, 0}, dy*100, "local")   
    rotation = getRotation(Head)
    if rotation[1] > 90 then
        rotation[1] = 90
    elseif rotation[1] < -90 then
        rotation[1] = -90
    end

    setRotation(Head, rotation)
   
    -- move
    if isKeyPressed("UP") then
        addCentralForce(Player, {0, 3, 0}, "local")
    end
   
    if isKeyPressed("DOWN") then
        addCentralForce(Player, {0, -3, 0}, "local")
    end
   
    if isKeyPressed("LEFT") then
        addCentralForce(Player, {-3, 0, 0}, "local")
    end

    if isKeyPressed("RIGHT") then
        addCentralForce(Player, {3, 0, 0}, "local")
    end   
   
    -- get mouse direction
    dx = getAxis("MOUSE_X") - mx
    dy = getAxis("MOUSE_Y") - my

    -- center cursor
    centerCursor()
   
    mx = getAxis("MOUSE_X")
    my = getAxis("MOUSE_Y")   
   
end

My box.mesh ( brought in direct from sponza DIR) has properties in editor, which match their sponza values, as does head and camera, so I'm lost as to what I'm doing wrong here . My parenting is also precisely matching sponza example as are all other value, afaict.

I realize I could just use sponza mproj and del building and load my mesh instead, but I'd rather know why what I'm doing isn't having intended effect so I can learn Maratis effectively.

thx
Gm

Im working on a new project here, and while Ive used the Tutorials and Sponza as examples, I'm unable to get the camera to work up and down ( only tracks horizontally), and when I press UP on keyboard it goes left instead, and LEFT goes forward,,,,any idea what I've got set wrong atm ?

When I move the mouse to rotate view in game, it rotates left/right as it should, but when I try moving mouse UP/down, the view TILTS left/right.

thx
Gm