SceneKit camera how to compensate for changes in Euler's rules (orientation)

This may be more of a math question, but I hope someone can help me figure out how I will compensate for changes in camera orientation.

What I would like to do is move the camera around the scene using game controls. I have WSAD keys configured to move the camera forward, backward, left, and right respectively. I do this by changing the values ​​of the position vector of the node. I also have the right up and down arrow keys displayed for pan and tilt the camera. I do this by setting up the camera node rules (step and yaw).

Everything works well until I rotated the camera using the right and left arrows. Pressing W then moves the camera in the direction it was facing before I drew it. The behavior makes sense to me, but I can't figure out what I need to do to adjust my position vector to compensate for the hover I applied.

Do I need to somehow multiply my position vector with a new transformation? Or better yet, some other property like a pivot axis that I can change so that I can keep my position code the same?

Thanks for any pointers.

Update here's the code I'm working with so far:

public func displayTimerDidFire(timer: MyCustomDisplayTimer!) {
    if timer === cameraMoveTimer {

        var cameraTransform = cameraNode.transform
        var x = CGFloat(0.0)
        var y = CGFloat(0.0)
        var z = CGFloat(0.0)

        var step : CGFloat = 10.0

        if moveUpKeyDown {
            y += step
        }
        if moveDownKeyDown {
            y -= step
        }
        if moveLeftKeyDown {
            x -= step
        }
        if moveRightKeyDown {
            x += step
        }
        if moveForwardKeyDown {
            z -= step
        }
        if moveBackwardKeyDown {
            z += step
        }

        cameraTransform = SCNMatrix4Translate(cameraTransform, x, y, z)
        cameraNode.transform = cameraTransform
    }
    else if timer === cameraTiltTimer {
        var angles = cameraNode.eulerAngles
        var stepAngle : CGFloat = CGFloat(M_PI_2 / 90.0)

        if turnLeftKeyDown {
            angles.y += stepAngle
        }
        if turnRightKeyDown {
            angles.y -= stepAngle
        }
        if tiltForwardKeyDown {
            angles.x -= stepAngle
        }
        if tiltBackwardKeyDown {
            angles.x += stepAngle
        }

        cameraNode.eulerAngles = angles
    }
}

      

        
        
        
      

    

I have two timers that update the position of the camera and the other that updates its orientation.

The part I'm stuck on is that I know my new transform (old position plus the increment from ASDW) and I know the camera rotation, but I don't know how to combine the two into my actual new transforms. Transform is SCNMatrix4 and rotation is SCNVector4.

Update 2

Here's a revised version of the code. Instead, I switched to working with transform. However, I still cannot find the correct manipulation with rotation in mind.

public func displayTimerDidFire(timer: MyDisplayTimer!) {
    var cameraTransform = cameraNode.transform
    var x = CGFloat(0.0)
    var y = CGFloat(0.0)
    var z = CGFloat(0.0)

    var step : CGFloat = 10.0

    if moveUpKeyDown {
        y += step
    }
    if moveDownKeyDown {
        y -= step
    }
    if moveLeftKeyDown {
        x -= step
    }
    if moveRightKeyDown {
        x += step
    }
    if moveForwardKeyDown {
        z -= step
    }
    if moveBackwardKeyDown {
        z += step
    }

    cameraTransform = SCNMatrix4Translate(cameraTransform, x, y, z)
    // Do something with the transform to compensate for rotation..
    // ???

    cameraNode.transform = cameraTransform

    var angles = cameraNode.eulerAngles
    var stepAngle : CGFloat = CGFloat(M_PI_2 / 90.0)

    if turnLeftKeyDown {
        angles.y += stepAngle
    }
    if turnRightKeyDown {
        angles.y -= stepAngle
    }
    if tiltForwardKeyDown {
        angles.x -= stepAngle
    }
    if tiltBackwardKeyDown {
        angles.x += stepAngle
    }

    cameraNode.eulerAngles = angles
   // printNode(cameraNode)
}

      

        
        
        
      

    

Last update

Thanks for the suggestions. Here is the implementation that works for me

I need this objc helper as some of these features don't seem to be available in Swift:

@implementation MySceneKitUtils
+ (SCNVector3)position:(SCNVector3)position multipliedByRotation:(SCNVector4)rotation
{
    if (rotation.w == 0) {
        return position;
    }
    GLKVector3 gPosition = SCNVector3ToGLKVector3(position);
    GLKMatrix4 gRotation = GLKMatrix4MakeRotation(rotation.w, rotation.x, rotation.y, rotation.z);
    GLKVector3 r = GLKMatrix4MultiplyVector3(gRotation, gPosition);
    return SCNVector3FromGLKVector3(r);
}
@end

      

        
        
        
      

    

And implementation

public func displayTimerDidFire(timer: MyDisplayTimer!) {
    var x = CGFloat(0.0)
    var y = CGFloat(0.0)
    var z = CGFloat(0.0)

    var step : CGFloat = 10.0

    if moveUpKeyDown {
        y += step
    }
    if moveDownKeyDown {
        y -= step
    }
    if moveLeftKeyDown {
        x -= step
    }
    if moveRightKeyDown {
        x += step
    }
    if moveForwardKeyDown {
        z -= step
    }
    if moveBackwardKeyDown {
        z += step
    }

    var cameraTransform = cameraNode.transform
    var rotation = cameraNode.rotation
    var rotatedPosition = MySceneKitUtils.position(SCNVector3Make(x, y, z), multipliedByRotation: cameraNode.rotation)
    cameraTransform = SCNMatrix4Translate(cameraTransform, rotatedPosition.x, rotatedPosition.y, rotatedPosition.z)

    cameraNode.transform = cameraTransform

    // The rotation

    cameraTransform = cameraNode.transform
    var stepAngle = CGFloat(0.05)
    if turnLeftKeyDown {
        cameraTransform = SCNMatrix4Rotate(cameraTransform, stepAngle, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0);
    }
    if turnRightKeyDown {
        cameraTransform = SCNMatrix4Rotate(cameraTransform, -stepAngle, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0);
    }
    if tiltForwardKeyDown {
        cameraTransform = SCNMatrix4Rotate(cameraTransform, stepAngle, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0);
    }
    if tiltBackwardKeyDown {
        cameraTransform = SCNMatrix4Rotate(cameraTransform, -stepAngle, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0);
    }

    cameraNode.transform = cameraTransform
}