Converting from Quaternion to DX LookAtLH
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Partly D3D - but as this more of a maths problem thought better to post here.
I have my world objects and my camera stored in the same base class. So they each share lots of properties. Notably a world position and a quaternion specifying their rotation.
For normal objects this is great, the position vector + the rotation quaternion let me create a world Transform matrix.
The bit I''m getting confused by is the camera part. It needs to construct a view matrix.
What I have at the moment (for hack purposes) is:
Matrix.LookAtLH(new Vector3(_xPos,_yPos,_zPos), _lookAt, new Vector3(0f,1f,0f));
Where _xPos etc specify the world position, but I need a way to generate the _lookAt and Up vectors from the position+rotation I have stored.
Any suggestions?
For a regular object, you get the orientation matrix by converting the quaternion
q = q_yaw * q_pitch * q_roll
to a matrix. To do the same thing with a camera, you have to do the inverse transformation, which can be done either by finding the inverse of that matrix, or by calculating the matrix of
q = q_(-roll) * q_(-pitch) * q_(-yaw)
In case you don''t know, the matrix associated with the quaternion q = (n, x, y, z) is
q = q_yaw * q_pitch * q_roll
to a matrix. To do the same thing with a camera, you have to do the inverse transformation, which can be done either by finding the inverse of that matrix, or by calculating the matrix of
q = q_(-roll) * q_(-pitch) * q_(-yaw)
In case you don''t know, the matrix associated with the quaternion q = (n, x, y, z) is
n^2 + x^2 - y^2 - z^2 2xy - 2zn 2xz + 2yn2xy + 2zn n^2 - x^2 + y^2 - z^2 2yz - 2xn2zx - 2yn 2zy + 2xn n^2 - x^2 - y^2 + z^2
D3DMATRIX camTransform;
D3DMATRIX camViewTransform;
// Obtain camera transform from a quaternion.
D3DXMatrixRotationQuaternion( &camTransform, &camOrienationQuat );
// Build camera "view" transform.
D3DVECTOR* camTransformYAxis = ( D3DVECTOR* )( &camTransform.m[1][0] );
D3DVECTOR* camTransformZAxis = ( D3DVECTOR* )( &camTransform.m[2][0] );
D3DXMatrixLookAtLH( &camViewTransform, &camPos, &( camPos + camTransformZAxis ), &camTransformYAxis );
D3DMATRIX camViewTransform;
// Obtain camera transform from a quaternion.
D3DXMatrixRotationQuaternion( &camTransform, &camOrienationQuat );
// Build camera "view" transform.
D3DVECTOR* camTransformYAxis = ( D3DVECTOR* )( &camTransform.m[1][0] );
D3DVECTOR* camTransformZAxis = ( D3DVECTOR* )( &camTransform.m[2][0] );
D3DXMatrixLookAtLH( &camViewTransform, &camPos, &( camPos + camTransformZAxis ), &camTransformYAxis );
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Darn - nearly there (thanks both of you) ..... just one catch - I''m doing this in C#, and there is no damned documentation for DX....
>>D3DVECTOR* camTransformYAxis = ( D3DVECTOR* )( &camTransform.m[1][0] );
>>D3DVECTOR* camTransformZAxis = ( D3DVECTOR* )( &camTransform.m[2][0] );
As we don''t have pointers into the Matrix structure in C#, which elements of the matrix are needed.... (M21, M22, M23 and M31, M32, M33 I''m guessing?)
>>D3DVECTOR* camTransformYAxis = ( D3DVECTOR* )( &camTransform.m[1][0] );
>>D3DVECTOR* camTransformZAxis = ( D3DVECTOR* )( &camTransform.m[2][0] );
As we don''t have pointers into the Matrix structure in C#, which elements of the matrix are needed.... (M21, M22, M23 and M31, M32, M33 I''m guessing?)
obviously i have no idea what i''m doing.
but it''s been known for rambling to start bright ideas...
anyway i guess you couldn''t pass those pointers as references in C# huh?
but it''s been known for rambling to start bright ideas...
anyway i guess you couldn''t pass those pointers as references in C# huh?
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Thanks all - for future reference... here''s the C# solution....
Firstly, Meduzza''s code was damned near there, but the order of the camTransformYAxis/camTransformZAxis generation was different to the order in LookATLH - so my first mistake was getting these reversed (DOH!)... yes.. M21, M22, M23 and M31, M32, M33 are the correct elements.
Secondly, Meduzza''s solution provided a rear view camera - so I had to reverse them - prviously this wasn''t easy (which was where my problem was comming from), but now the vectors had been obtained it was simple. Thanks Aprosenf for the -(x) suggestion.
Firstly, Meduzza''s code was damned near there, but the order of the camTransformYAxis/camTransformZAxis generation was different to the order in LookATLH - so my first mistake was getting these reversed (DOH!)... yes.. M21, M22, M23 and M31, M32, M33 are the correct elements.
Secondly, Meduzza''s solution provided a rear view camera - so I had to reverse them - prviously this wasn''t easy (which was where my problem was comming from), but now the vectors had been obtained it was simple. Thanks Aprosenf for the -(x) suggestion.
// Horribly unoptimised....// _matrixRotation is a rotation matrix// _quatRotation is a stored rotation quaternion// _xPos, _yPos, zPos - the position of the camera_matrixRotation.RotateQuaternion(_quatRotation);Vector3 camPos = new Vector3(_xPos,_yPos,_zPos);Vector3 camTY = new Vector3(_matrixRotation.M21,_matrixRotation.M22,_matrixRotation.M23);Vector3 camTZ = new Vector3(-(_matrixRotation.M31),-(_matrixRotation.M32),-(_matrixRotation.M33));return Matrix.LookAtLH(camPos, camPos + camTZ, camTY); This topic is closed to new replies.
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