diff --git a/stepmania/src/Sample3dObject.cpp b/stepmania/src/Sample3dObject.cpp
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+/*
+ * This is a demonstration 3d object.  I created this to give some basic
+ * code that sets up normal 3d object rendering.  (The Space code sets
+ * up perspective and then renders 2d, which is different.)  This actor
+ * should be positioned just like any other actor, calling SetX and SetY
+ * in the parent; that position will become the center of the frustum.
+ */
+#include "stdafx.h"
+
+#include "Sample3dObject.h"
+
+#include "RageDisplay.h"
+#include <math.h>
+
+#include "SDL.h"
+#include "SDL_opengl.h"
+
+Sample3dObject::Sample3dObject()
+{
+	rot = 0;
+}
+
+void Sample3dObject::Update( float fDeltaTime )
+{
+	rot += fDeltaTime * 360.f;
+	rot = float(fmod(rot, 360.f));
+}
+
+/* One note about rendering: you get a 640x480 viewport to render in, centered
+ * on the location the actor is set to.  That means that if the center isn't
+ * the center of the real screen, part of the view is offscreen and there's
+ * a portion of the screen you can't render to.  If you want to render things
+ * like fullscreen background animations (characters), call SetX(CENTER_X) on
+ * and SetY(CENTER_Y) on the object so it gets the whole screen.
+ */
+void Sample3dObject::DrawPrimitives()
+{
+	DISPLAY->FlushQueue(); /* do this before rendering directly */
+
+	/* If this is a sub-object (3d object within a 3d object), this won't
+	 * actually do anything: */
+	DISPLAY->EnterPerspective(60);
+
+	DISPLAY->SetTexture(NULL);
+	DISPLAY->EnableZBuffer();
+
+	glColor4f(1,1,1,1);
+	glPushMatrix();
+
+	/* By default, 0,0,0 is the center of the object, at the location the actor
+	 * is set to.  We have to translate away from the viewpoint (negative Z)
+	 * to get away from the viewer (and in front of the near clip plane). */
+	glTranslatef (0,0,-5);
+
+	{ /* Standard ugly OpenGL lighting stuff. */
+		GLfloat mat_ambient[] = { 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 };
+		GLfloat mat_specular[] = { 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 };
+		GLfloat light_position[] = { 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0 };
+		GLfloat lm_ambient[] = { 0.3f, 0.3f, 0.3f, 1.0f };
+
+		glMaterialfv(GL_FRONT, GL_AMBIENT, mat_ambient);
+		glMaterialfv(GL_FRONT, GL_SPECULAR, mat_specular);
+		glMaterialf(GL_FRONT, GL_SHININESS, 100.0);
+		glLightfv(GL_LIGHT0, GL_POSITION, light_position);
+		glLightModelfv(GL_LIGHT_MODEL_AMBIENT, lm_ambient);
+
+		glEnable(GL_LIGHTING);
+		glEnable(GL_LIGHT0);
+ 	}
+	
+	GLfloat sphere_diffuse[] = { 0.7f, 0.0f, 0.7f, 1.0f };
+	glMaterialfv(GL_FRONT, GL_DIFFUSE, sphere_diffuse);
+	GLUquadricObj *quadObj = gluNewQuadric();
+	gluQuadricDrawStyle(quadObj, GLU_FILL);
+	gluQuadricNormals(quadObj, GLU_SMOOTH);
+
+	glRotatef (rot, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0);
+
+	glPushMatrix();
+	glTranslatef (1,0,0);
+	gluSphere(quadObj, .25, 8, 16);
+	glPopMatrix();
+
+	glPushMatrix();
+	glTranslatef (-1,0,0);
+	gluSphere(quadObj, .35, 8, 16);
+	glPopMatrix();
+
+	gluDeleteQuadric(quadObj);
+	glPopMatrix();
+
+	DISPLAY->ExitPerspective();
+	DISPLAY->DisableZBuffer();
+
+	glDisable(GL_LIGHTING);
+	glDisable(GL_LIGHT0);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2002 by the person(s) listed below.  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Glenn Maynard
+ */
diff --git a/stepmania/src/Sample3dObject.h b/stepmania/src/Sample3dObject.h
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+#ifndef SAMPLE_3D_OBJECT
+#define SAMPLE_3D_OBJECT
+
+#include "ActorFrame.h"
+
+class Sample3dObject: public ActorFrame
+{
+	float rot;
+public:
+	Sample3dObject();
+	
+	virtual void Update( float fDeltaTime );
+	virtual void DrawPrimitives();
+};
+
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2002 by the person(s) listed below.  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Glenn Maynard
+ */