name_bar.Begin(SpriteFlags.AlphaBlend | SpriteFlags.SortDepthBackToFront | SpriteFlags.SortTexture);
LinkedListNode<GameClient> nbclient = game.clients.First;
while (nbclient != null)
{
Vector3 pos = new Vector3((float) (nbclient.Value.x), (float) (nbclient.Value.y), (float) (nbclient.Value.z));
pos.Unproject(Graphics.device.Viewport, Graphics.device.Transform.Projection, Graphics.device.Transform.View, Matrix.Identity); //Graphics.device.Transform.World);
int sx = (int) pos.X + screen_width;
int sy = (int) (screen_height - pos.Y);
dxfont.DrawText(name_bar, nbclient.Value.name, sx, sy, Color.Yellow);
nbclient = nbclient.Next;
}
name_bar.End();
[MDX] Vector3.Project doesn't work. [Edited]
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After Jack told me it was the right way to go (and I had suspected so), I started trying to implement it, never having done it before but thinking I understood how it worked.
Well, I obviously don't.
I see that I'm not the first person to have a problem with it, but it seems that most others are trying to mouse pick, where as I'm trying project a model's location onto the 2D screen.
When I do it, the resultant vector appears to be identical to the actualy x,y,z of the model, which is of course, not what I'm looking for. Up close my model will go off the screen in about 67 or so units, but the name tag is still only 67 units off the center. I say off the center because I'm adding the screen_width / 2 to the resultant vector.x.
Would really appreciate an insight into what i may be doing wrong.
- Screen res: 800x600.
- Projection: 1.0 - 1000.0f; 1.33 aspect; 90d FoV;
[Edited by - BLiTZWiNG on April 16, 2006 8:11:26 PM]
If you want the screen space location of an object, and have it's world location, you'd want to Project it. This is as opposed to having the screen space location (of a click) and wanting the world position of where it happened, which requires an Unproject.
The two operations are exactly the opposite of eachother.
Hope this helps.
The two operations are exactly the opposite of eachother.
Hope this helps.
hmmm, this must be MDX1.1, since the syntax is a bit different.
I think it should be:
pos = pos.Project(...);
This method was made static in MDX2, so I'm assuming it returns the result, and doesn't alter the vector.
Hope this helps.
I think it should be:
pos = pos.Project(...);
This method was made static in MDX2, so I'm assuming it returns the result, and doesn't alter the vector.
Hope this helps.
Author
Yes it is MDX 1.1
But the function definition returns void. Only the static method of Vector3 returns a Vector3, but that of course returns the same thing as calling Project on the vector itself :(
I have checked my references are 1.1.4322 for DirectX, Direct3D & Direct3DX.
But the function definition returns void. Only the static method of Vector3 returns a Vector3, but that of course returns the same thing as calling Project on the vector itself :(
I have checked my references are 1.1.4322 for DirectX, Direct3D & Direct3DX.
Author
I might also note that the view matrix seems to be having no effect on the result, which is not good...
Author
Still not working as expected...
For extra info, I am using VS 2005 and the april 2006 sdk on winxp pro SP2.
For extra info, I am using VS 2005 and the april 2006 sdk on winxp pro SP2.
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