To calculate the tangent I'm using code from this website http://www.terathon.com/code/tangent.html However the result is far from what I'm getting in 3dsmax.
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Both situations use a shader with object space normal and tangents as color output. My normals and texture coordinates in 3dsmax and my game match, the tangents don't so the problem has to be somewhere in the tangent calculation. I've tried various solutions and multiple methods but without luck.
This method is called every time a triangle is read, the inputs are the index of the 3 vertices of that face.
void CreateTangents(int vertexIndex1, int vertexIndex2, int vertexIndex3){ Point3 v1,v2,v3; Point2 w1,w2,w3; Point3 n1,n2,n3; m_VertexList->GetVertexPosition(vertexIndex1,&v1); m_VertexList->GetVertexPosition(vertexIndex2,&v2); m_VertexList->GetVertexPosition(vertexIndex3,&v3); m_VertexList->GetVertexTexCoordinate(vertexIndex1,&w1); m_VertexList->GetVertexTexCoordinate(vertexIndex2,&w2); m_VertexList->GetVertexTexCoordinate(vertexIndex3,&w3); m_VertexList->GetVertexNormal(vertexIndex1,&n1); m_VertexList->GetVertexNormal(vertexIndex2,&n2); m_VertexList->GetVertexNormal(vertexIndex3,&n3); float x1 = v2.x - v1.x; float x2 = v3.x - v1.x; float y1 = v2.y - v1.y; float y2 = v3.y - v1.y; float z1 = v2.z - v1.z; float z2 = v3.z - v1.z; float s1 = w2.x - w1.x; float s2 = w3.x - w1.x; float t1 = w2.y - w1.y; float t2 = w3.y - w1.y; float r = 1.0f / (s1 * t2 - s2 * t1); Point3 tan1((t2 * x1 - t1 * x2) * r, (t2 * y1 - t1 * y2) * r, (t2 * z1 - t1 * z2) * r ); Point3 tan2((s1 * x2 - s2 * x1) * r, (s1 * y2 - s2 * y1) * r, (s1 * z2 - s2 * z1) * r ); // tangent[a] = (t - n * Dot(n, t)).Normalize(); Point3 tangent1; float n1tan1dot = n1.Dot(tan1); // Dot(n,t) n1.Scale(tangent1,n1tan1dot); // n * Dot(n,t) tan1.Subtract(tangent1,tangent1); // t - n * Dot(n,t) tangent1.Normalize(); // tangent[a] Point3 tangent2; float n2tan1dot = n2.Dot(tan1); n2.Scale(tangent2,n2tan1dot); tan1.Subtract(tangent2,tangent2); tangent2.Normalize(); Point3 tangent3; float n3tan1dot = n3.Dot(tan1); n3.Scale(tangent3,n3tan1dot); tan1.Subtract(tangent3,tangent3); tangent3.Normalize(); Point3 existingT1,existingT2,existingT3; m_VertexList->GetVertexTangent(vertexIndex1,&existingT1); m_VertexList->GetVertexTangent(vertexIndex2,&existingT2); m_VertexList->GetVertexTangent(vertexIndex3,&existingT3); tangent1.Add(tangent1,existingT1); // new tangent + old tangent tangent2.Add(tangent2,existingT2); tangent3.Add(tangent3,existingT3); m_VertexList->AddVertexTangent(vertexIndex1,&tangent1); m_VertexList->AddVertexTangent(vertexIndex2,&tangent2); m_VertexList->AddVertexTangent(vertexIndex3,&tangent3);}What am I doing wrong? I've been looking all the day but I can't find a problem
Thanks in advance.
[Edited by - Bosduif on August 22, 2010 6:49:34 AM]
