I'm trying to add billboards to my little project and since I always have trouble getting my head around 3D transformations it's not working...
Screenshot of the problem:
The coordinat system is DirectX's lefthanded with X right, Y up, Z into screen.
As can be seen the billboard is facing the wrong way. This is only happening with the rotation around the y axis, rotation around the x axis works as it should. I use the following code to set the billboard up:
Matrix& Matrix::makeRotationMatrix( const Vector3& forward, const Vector3& up ) {
Vector3 axis_z( forward );
axis_z.normalize();
Vector3 axis_x( CrossProduct( up, axis_z ) );
axis_x.normalize();
Vector3 axis_y( CrossProduct( axis_z, axis_x ) );
axis_y.normalize();
makeZeroMatrix();
_11 = axis_x.X_; _12 = axis_y.X_; _13 = axis_z.X_;
_21 = axis_x.Y_; _22 = axis_y.Y_; _23 = axis_z.Y_;
_31 = axis_x.Z_; _32 = axis_y.Z_; _33 = axis_z.Z_;
_44 = 1.0f;
return *this;
}
void Billboard::draw( const Vector3* position, const Vector3* heading, const Vector3* up ) {
Vector3 n;
Vector3 u;
Matrix m;
// heading
n = g_ActiveCamera->getPosition() - *position;
m.makeRotationMatrix( n, *up );
m._41 = position->X_;
m._42 = position->Y_;
m._43 = position->Z_;
Billboard_->draw( 2, 2, m.M_ );
}
void Billboard::draw( float width, float height, const float* world ) {
D3DXMATRIX world_matrix( world );
width *= 0.5f;
height *= 0.5f;
D3DXVECTOR3 v1( width, height, 1.0f );
D3DXVECTOR3 v2( -width, height, 1.0f );
D3DXVECTOR3 v3( -width, -height, 1.0f );
D3DXVECTOR3 v4( width, -height, 1.0f );
D3DXVec3TransformCoord( &v1, &v1, &world_matrix );
D3DXVec3TransformCoord( &v2, &v2, &world_matrix );
D3DXVec3TransformCoord( &v3, &v3, &world_matrix );
D3DXVec3TransformCoord( &v4, &v4, &world_matrix );
}
I'm simply creating a rotation matrix from a vector from the billboard center to the camera and an up vector, and then translate the billboard to its world position.
Can anyone shed any light on why the billboards aren't facing the right way?
