-3.3438327-06 weird value

Hi,
I’m debugging my code line by line and I see values like these in the inspector. What do they mean? And are they essentially zero?

What you’re seeing is called the scientific notation.

-3.3438327e-06

equals

-3.3438327 x 10^-6,

which is

-0.0000033438327

which is very close to zero.

You usually end up with values like this, because of the limited precision of floating point values represented in a computer, so after doing some math, results often end up being slightly off.

i c. cool thanks.

BTW, I heard of matrix creep before, could this throw things off during prolonged game play?