I am using D3DXIntersect() to update the camera position on my terrain. I have been messing around with it for quite a bit, and it seems to be working just fine. It it correctly setting the "BOOL pHit" parameter. To update the camera position, I defined the ray at 300 units above the camera, so I could then do 300 - "FLOAT pDist". pDist is supposed to be the distance on the ray until it intersects the triangle. However, it is returning a very large negative number for some reason. Anyone have any idea why it is doing this? -Dev578

"I had a similar problem and realized my ray and object were not in the same coordinate space. I basically needed to transform my ray into the mesh's model space"

You are most likely right, I have been trying to figure out how to do that for awile and nothing seems to work. I am going to post my entire main loop, and hope someone can help me:

while (e_CanRun)
{
while ( PeekMessage(&e_msg, NULL, 0, 0, PM_REMOVE) )
{
TranslateMessage(&e_msg);
DispatchMessage(&e_msg);
}
g_dCurTime = timeGetTime();
g_fElpasedTime = (float)((g_dCurTime - g_dLastTime) * 0.001);
g_dLastTime = g_dCurTime;
e_DeviceD3D->Clear( 0, 0, D3DCLEAR_TARGET | D3DCLEAR_ZBUFFER,
D3DCOLOR_COLORVALUE( 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f), 1.0f, 0 );
D3DXMATRIX matRotation;
//
// Get keyboard input...
//
unsigned char keys[256];
GetKeyboardState( keys );
D3DXVECTOR3 tmpLook = g_vLook;
D3DXVECTOR3 tmpRight = g_vRight;
// Up Arrow Key - View moves forward
if( keys[VK_UP] & 0x80 )
{
g_vEye -= tmpLook*-g_fMoveSpeed*g_fElpasedTime;
}
// Down Arrow Key - View moves backward
if( keys[VK_DOWN] & 0x80 )
g_vEye += (tmpLook*-g_fMoveSpeed)*g_fElpasedTime;
// Left Arrow Key - View side-steps or strafes to the left
if( keys[VK_LEFT] & 0x80 )
//g_vEye -= (tmpRight*g_fMoveSpeed)*g_fElpasedTime;
{
D3DXMatrixRotationAxis( &matRotation, &D3DXVECTOR3(0,-1,0), D3DXToRadian((float)/*nYDiff */ 2.0f));
D3DXVec3TransformCoord( &g_vLook, &g_vLook, &matRotation );
D3DXVec3TransformCoord( &g_vUp, &g_vUp, &matRotation );
}
// Right Arrow Key - View side-steps or strafes to the right
if( keys[VK_RIGHT] & 0x80 )
{
//g_vEye += (tmpRight*g_fMoveSpeed)*g_fElpasedTime;
D3DXMatrixRotationAxis( &matRotation, &D3DXVECTOR3(0,1,0), D3DXToRadian((float)/*nYDiff */ 2.0f));
D3DXVec3TransformCoord( &g_vLook, &g_vLook, &matRotation );
D3DXVec3TransformCoord( &g_vUp, &g_vUp, &matRotation );
}
// Home Key - View elevates up
if( keys[VK_HOME] & 0x80 )
g_vEye.y += g_fMoveSpeed*g_fElpasedTime;
// End Key - View elevates down
if( keys[VK_END] & 0x80 )
g_vEye.y -= g_fMoveSpeed*g_fElpasedTime;
D3DXMATRIXA16 view;
D3DXMatrixIdentity( &view );
D3DXVec3Normalize( &g_vLook, &g_vLook );
D3DXVec3Cross( &g_vRight, &g_vUp, &g_vLook );
D3DXVec3Normalize( &g_vRight, &g_vRight );
D3DXVec3Cross( &g_vUp, &g_vLook, &g_vRight );
D3DXVec3Normalize( &g_vUp, &g_vUp );
view._11 = g_vRight.x;
view._12 = g_vUp.x;
view._13 = g_vLook.x;
view._14 = 0.0f;

view._21 = g_vRight.y;
view._22 = g_vUp.y;
view._23 = g_vLook.y;
view._24 = 0.0f;

view._31 = g_vRight.z;
view._32 = g_vUp.z;
view._33 = g_vLook.z;
view._34 = 0.0f;

view._41 = -D3DXVec3Dot( &g_vEye, &g_vRight );
view._42 = -D3DXVec3Dot( &g_vEye, &g_vUp );
view._43 = -D3DXVec3Dot( &g_vEye, &g_vLook );
view._44 = 1.0f;

////////////////////
//Problem///////////
////////////////////
if ((g_vEye.x > 0)&&(g_vEye.x < terrain.GetSize())&&(g_vEye.z > 0)&&(g_vEye.z{ //if we are in the terrain
D3DXVECTOR3 RayPos(g_vEye.x,-300.0f,g_vEye.z);
D3DXVECTOR3 RayDir(0.0f,-1.0f,0.0f);
BOOL Hit; DWORD FaceIndex; FLOAT pU,pV,pDist;
D3DXIntersect(NULL,&RayPos,&RayDir,&Hit,&FaceIndex,&pU,&pV,&pDist,NULL,NULL);
if(Hit)
{
//it is irrelevant what we do here, because pDist= -107374176 ???
}
}
/////////////////////
//Problem////////////
/////////////////////

e_DeviceD3D->SetTransform( D3DTS_VIEW, &view );
D3DXMATRIXA16 matWorld;
D3DXMatrixScaling( &matWorld, 3.0f, 3.0f, 3.0f );
e_DeviceD3D->SetTransform( D3DTS_WORLD, &matWorld );
e_DeviceD3D->BeginScene();

D3DXMatrixScaling( &matWorld, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f );
e_DeviceD3D->SetTransform( D3DTS_WORLD, &matWorld );

D3DXMATRIXA16 matProj;
D3DXMatrixPerspectiveFovLH( &matProj, D3DX_PI/4, 1.0f, 1.0f, 150.0f );
e_DeviceD3D->SetTransform( D3DTS_PROJECTION, &matProj );

e_DeviceD3D->SetStreamSource( 0, e_VB, 0, sizeof(TexVertex) );
e_DeviceD3D->SetIndices( g_pIndexBuffer );
e_DeviceD3D->SetFVF( TexVertex::FVF_Flags );
e_DeviceD3D->DrawIndexedPrimitive( D3DPT_TRIANGLELIST, 0, 0, 1600, 0, 3000 );

e_DeviceD3D->SetStreamSource( 0, e_Axis, 0, sizeof(Vertex) );
e_DeviceD3D->SetFVF( Vertex::FVF_Flags );
e_DeviceD3D->DrawPrimitive( D3DPT_LINELIST, 0, 3 );

e_DeviceD3D->EndScene();
// show on screen
e_DeviceD3D->Present( 0, 0, 0, 0 );



If anyone could tell me what I am screwing up / how to fix it, that would be great. Any help is appreciated.

-Dev578

No one knows? Guess I am not the only one.

[edited by - Dev578 on June 6, 2004 6:53:34 PM]

use D3DXVec3TransformCoord() to multiply a vector by a given matrix.

Kam1kaz3

Hi - Sorry, I didn't read your code (the text gives me a headache) but I am posting you my function I created that tests an arbitrary ray against a model located in my 3D world. Because the model is not at the origin I need to convert the ray in to the objects model space. I hope it is of some use:

BOOL CWorldEnvironment::CheckIntersectObject( ID3DXMesh* Mesh, D3DXMATRIX* ObjMat, float XStart, float YStart, float ZStart, float XEnd, float YEnd, float ZEnd, float* Length ){	BOOL		Hit;	float		u, v, Dist;	float		XDiff, YDiff, ZDiff, Size;	DWORD		FaceIndex;	D3DXVECTOR3     vecDir;        D3DXVECTOR3     vecOrig;        D3DXMATRIX      matInv;	// Start and End variables are the start and end of the 	// arbitrary ray	XDiff = XEnd - XStart;	YDiff = YEnd - YStart;	ZDiff = ZEnd - ZStart;        vecOrig.x = XStart;        vecOrig.y = YStart;        vecOrig.z = ZStart;        vecDir.x = XDiff;        vecDir.y = YDiff;        vecDir.z = ZDiff;            // Invert the objects world position matrix	// and use it to transform vectors	D3DXMatrixInverse( &matInv, NULL, ObjMat );        D3DXVec3TransformCoord( &vecOrig, &vecOrig, &matInv );        D3DXVec3TransformNormal( &vecDir, &vecDir, &matInv );            D3DXVec3Normalize(&vecDir, &vecDir);		D3DXIntersect( Mesh, &vecOrig, &vecDir, &Hit, &FaceIndex, &u, &v, &Dist, NULL, NULL);	return Hit;}

Edit: Removed unnecessary code

[edited by - __Daedalus__ on June 8, 2004 3:11:36 AM]

Thanks much for your replys

-Dev578