CameraObject *cam = (CameraObject*) node->EvalWorldState(ip->GetTime()).obj;
            
                        Matrix3 atm = node->GetObjectTM(ip->GetTime(), 0);// 4x3 matrix
                        Matrix3 targetTM;
                        node->GetTargetTM(ip->GetTime(), targetTM);
         
                        Matrix3 matD3D;
                        Point3 p1 (1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
                        Point3 p2 (0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);
                        Point3 p3 (0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
                        Point3 p4 (0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
     
                          matD3D.SetRow(0, p1);
                          matD3D.SetRow(1, p2);
                          matD3D.SetRow(2, p3);
                          matD3D.SetRow(3, p4);

                        atm = atm * matD3D;
                          targetTM = targetTM * matD3D;

                        
                        int ki, kj;
                        MRow *pcvm = atm.GetAddr();        
                        for (ki = 0; ki < 4; ki++) {
                            for (kj = 0; kj < 3; kj++) {
                                d3dViewXform.m[ki][kj] = pcvm[ki][kj];
                            }
                        }

                        // Assign the fourth column (perspective terms)

                        d3dViewXform.m[0][3] = d3dViewXform.m[1][3] = d3dViewXform.m[2][3] = 0.0f;
                        d3dViewXform.m[3][3] = 1.0f;

                        
                        for (ki = 0; ki < 4; ki++) {
                            d3dViewXform.m[ki][2] *= -1.0f;
                       }

There must be something wrong that I can't tell.

Maybe orthogonal and perspective problem.. Any ideas?

Thanks

Jack

Hello, Spiro, nice to see you again.

I have checked the result against IGameExporter

And found that the last negation part should not be there. Hence

    CameraObject *cam = (CameraObject*) node->EvalWorldState(ip->GetTime()).obj;
            
                        Matrix3 atm = node->GetObjectTM(ip->GetTime(), 0);// 4x3 matrix
                        Matrix3 targetTM;
                        node->GetTargetTM(ip->GetTime(), targetTM);
         
                        Matrix3 matD3D;
                        Point3 p1 (1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
                        Point3 p2 (0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);
                        Point3 p3 (0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
                        Point3 p4 (0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
     
                          matD3D.SetRow(0, p1);
                          matD3D.SetRow(1, p2);
                          matD3D.SetRow(2, p3);
                          matD3D.SetRow(3, p4);

                        atm = atm * matD3D;
                          targetTM = targetTM * matD3D;

                        
                        int ki, kj;
                        MRow *pcvm = atm.GetAddr();        
                        for (ki = 0; ki < 4; ki++) {
                            for (kj = 0; kj < 3; kj++) {
                                d3dViewXform.m[ki][kj] = pcvm[ki][kj];
                            }
                        }

                        // Assign the fourth column (perspective terms)

                        d3dViewXform.m[0][3] = d3dViewXform.m[1][3] = d3dViewXform.m[2][3] = 0.0f;
                        d3dViewXform.m[3][3] = 1.0f;

It seems like I have to negate the rotations in each axis and concatenate it to the translation matrix to get the final view matrix....

Hey guys,

http://www.gamedev.net/topic/638823-exporting-from-pandasoft-and-3ds-max/

It seems like if I'd use the camera conversion method in this post, I'll get a left-handed coordinate based camera.

But I didn't check the left-handed coordinate option in pandasoft, therefore the mesh should be right-handed.

Right, got that displayed correctly though. But the y-z axis is flipped.

Because when I specify D3DXVECTOR3(10,10,0); the mesh reach the ground level.

I think it should be *better* or more consistent to convert to the left-hand. Any ideas I could solve my problem?

Thanks

Jack

3ds max. I'd like to know the way of doing this. This may be the chance of success.

Thanks

Jack

The thing is do I rotate the mesh along with the cameras. If I do so, the cameras matrices change too.

But I will see silly renders in max while the cameras are not aligned correctly with the scene.

BTW, are we talking about rotating +90 degrees in the X axis and then -180 degrees in the Z-axis? Just to make sure it is correct.

Thanks

Jack