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I need to move objects in ode and since I can't use move object becuase of ode i need another way to do it.

apply forces to your objects...their momentum will then move them

I mean in the direction the object is facing sorry I didn't say that in my other post. When I use something to apply force in ode I have to give an x,y,z and not just a step value like move object.

I don't use ode personally (yet), but it sounds like you need to find out your object's heading in terms of x,y,z and apply the force (presumably in the z direction).

When I go in the z direction I move in the z direction and not the way I am facing. I think I need to find out the how much it moves in the x and z by its y angle but Im not sure how

HO HO HO!!! I solutioned this problem, what you need is.....(suspence).... Trigonometrics...(maths do serve in life... hard to believe isn't it?)

so this is how you must proceed:
you need to convert your object Y angle into 3D coordinates (to understand, imagine that you are looking at the character you want to move from above, well the Y angle is obviously the 'forwards' direction.)

-so...using the ODE command to add force (experiment both types... results vary depending on your objects shape...):

-set the X variable to SIN(object angle y(your object number here)) -set the Y to 0 (otherwise the character will start flying)
-set the Z variable to COS(object angle y(your object number here)).

you will notice how 'slow' the character will move... this is normal because trigonometrics only return a value between 0 and 1. so to make the character go faster all you have to do is multiply your Y angle in the XYZ variable area like this... to resume use the following command:

ODE SET LINEAR VELOCITY object number here,SIN( object angle y(object number here)*speed),0,COS (object angle Y(object number here)*speed)

the speed variable is what you want to set for the character speed.
(I'm on a friends PC here, so when I get home I'll mail you an example...)

Hope this helps out!