Calculating 3d Point
Post: #16
The 3D coord you have got corresponds to the point where you click with the mouse. So if you click on the ground, the 3D coord will be on the ground too! And this will work however your camera is oriented!
Post: #17
And if you really need to snap that position down onto the ground, then just set the Y coordinate to whatever height the ground is at the 3D point's XZ position.
Post: #18
well it seems as if the cords that it is giving me is like its just putting the mouse right in front of the camera lens (so to speak)
Post: #19
What you need to do is trace a ray from the screen to the ground plane. This is what I'm doing in Beach Pong. (for full source see the uDevGame source thread)
With this method you can easily pick spheres, triangles, etc too.
.johan
Code:
ray_t getRayFromScreenCoords(int sx, int sy, int sw, int sh) {
ray_t ray;
GLdouble modelview[16], projection[16];
GLdouble x, y, z;
GLint viewport[4];
glGetDoublev(GL_MODELVIEW_MATRIX, modelview);
glGetDoublev(GL_PROJECTION_MATRIX, projection);
glGetIntegerv(GL_VIEWPORT, viewport);
gluUnProject(sx, sh - sy, 0.0,
modelview, projection, viewport,
&x, &y, &z);
ray.origin = vvector( (float)x, (float)y, (float)z );
gluUnProject(sx, sh - sy, 1.0,
modelview, projection, viewport,
&x, &y, &z);
ray.direction.x = x - ray.origin.x;
ray.direction.y = y - ray.origin.y;
ray.direction.z = z - ray.origin.z;
vnormalize(&ray.direction);
return ray;
}
float intersectPlane(plane_t* p, ray_t* r) {
float d = vdot(p->normal, r->direction);
if (d != 0) {
float t = vdot(p->position, p->normal) - vdot(r->origin, p->normal) / d;
if (t > 0.0001f) return t;
}
return -1.0;
}
vec_t getPickingPoint(int x, int y) {
vec_t picking;
plane_t plane;
float t;
ray_t ray;
plane.position = vvector(0, 0, 0);
plane.normal = vvector(0, 1, 0);
ray = getRayFromScreenCoords(x, y, getScreenWidth(), getScreenHeight());
t = intersectPlane(&plane, &ray);
picking.x = ray.origin.x + (ray.direction.x * t);
picking.y = ray.origin.y + (ray.direction.y * t);
picking.z = ray.origin.z + (ray.direction.z * t);
return picking;
}With this method you can easily pick spheres, triangles, etc too.
.johan
Post: #20Quote:well it seems as if the cords that it is giving me is like its just putting the mouse right in front of the camera lens (so to speak)
Then you're misinterpreting the Z value... Hang on, I'll check my sources.
Code:
void bmMouse::GetClick3D (GLdouble *x, GLdouble *y, GLdouble *z)
{
GLdouble modelView [16];
GLdouble projection[16];
GLint viewPort [4];
float outZ;
glReadBuffer(GL_FRONT);
glGetDoublev(GL_MODELVIEW_MATRIX, modelView);
glGetDoublev(GL_PROJECTION_MATRIX, projection);
glGetIntegerv(GL_VIEWPORT, viewPort);
glReadPixels(this->mouseX, this->mouseY, 1, 1, GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT, GL_FLOAT, &outZ);
gluUnProject(this->mouseX, this->mouseY, outZ, modelView, projection, viewPort, x, y, z);
}Make sure that outZ is a float. Also, make sure you enable depth writes and all that. What is the Z value you get back from glReadPixels if you check it in the debugger?
Post: #21Fenris Wrote:Then you're misinterpreting the Z value... Hang on, I'll check my sources.
Code:
void bmMouse::GetClick3D (GLdouble *x, GLdouble *y, GLdouble *z)
{
GLdouble modelView [16];
GLdouble projection[16];
GLint viewPort [4];
float outZ;
glReadBuffer(GL_FRONT);
glGetDoublev(GL_MODELVIEW_MATRIX, modelView);
glGetDoublev(GL_PROJECTION_MATRIX, projection);
glGetIntegerv(GL_VIEWPORT, viewPort);
glReadPixels(this->mouseX, this->mouseY, 1, 1, GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT, GL_FLOAT, &outZ);
gluUnProject(this->mouseX, this->mouseY, outZ, modelView, projection, viewPort, x, y, z);
}
Make sure that outZ is a float. Also, make sure you enable depth writes and all that. What is the Z value you get back from glReadPixels if you check it in the debugger?
thanks a ton, i think that i wasnt doing glReadPixels and thats what was causing it to be all funny
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