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# OpenGL c# opentk - converting screen coords to world coords

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I'm making a windows forms application with opengl view and I'm using c#, openTK . I need to get the mouse coords converted to the opengl world coords. Well, my Y coord gets converted wrong. It's hard to explain, so here is the video: http://tinypic.com/r/23sal8k/6. I'm constantly pressing left mouse button and the red dot should be where the mouse is(but it isn't). How to fix this? Here is the code:

       private void glview_MouseDown(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs e)
{
if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Left)
{
Point worldCoords = convertScreenToWorldCoords(e.X, e.Y);
shitx = worldCoords.X;
shity = worldCoords.Y;
}
}

// functions:
public static Point convertScreenToWorldCoords(int x, int y)
{
int[] viewport = new int[4];
Matrix4 modelViewMatrix, projectionMatrix;
GL.GetFloat(GetPName.ModelviewMatrix, out modelViewMatrix);
GL.GetFloat(GetPName.ProjectionMatrix, out projectionMatrix);
GL.GetInteger(GetPName.Viewport, viewport);
Vector2 mouse;
mouse.X = x;
mouse.Y = viewport[3] - y;
Vector4 vector = UnProject(ref projectionMatrix, modelViewMatrix, new Size(viewport[2], viewport[3]), mouse);
Point coords = new Point((int)vector.X, (int)vector.Y);
return coords;
}
public static Vector4 UnProject(ref Matrix4 projection, Matrix4 view, Size viewport, Vector2 mouse)
{
Vector4 vec;

vec.X = 2.0f * mouse.X / (float)viewport.Width - 1;
vec.Y = -(2.0f * mouse.Y / (float)viewport.Height - 1);
vec.Z = 0;
vec.W = 1.0f;

Matrix4 viewInv = Matrix4.Invert(view);
Matrix4 projInv = Matrix4.Invert(projection);

Vector4.Transform(ref vec, ref projInv, out vec);
Vector4.Transform(ref vec, ref viewInv, out vec);

if (vec.W > float.Epsilon || vec.W < float.Epsilon)
{
vec.X /= vec.W;
vec.Y /= vec.W;
vec.Z /= vec.W;
}

return vec;
}


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Try inverting your Y coordinate before using it.

I had this same problem when using my own customized routine to project vertices.  It wasn't until I set the Y coordinate to -Y that it finally worked right.  Tbh, I've never actually had to unproject a vertex as of yet, but I'm quite sure that it's similar to projecting a vertex in OpenGL w/ RH matrices.  So, given that, I'm not 100% sure how you should do it in your code, but I suggest trying this:

mouse.Y = -( viewport[3] - y );

or this:

mouse.Y = viewport[3] + y;

I assume the first one would do the trick.

Also, I'm assuming this might not apply to you, but I had to invert one component of my modelview matrix as well in order for it to work.

modelview[13] = -modelview[13];

So, like I said, I'm familiar with your problem, just not 100% sure what order the steps need to be taken to fix it.  I gave it my best shot, so let us know if this works.

Shogun.

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Thanks for reply. Strange but it doesn't work. Using both methods the dot just shows at a bigger distance of mouse:

and I can't do modelview[13] = -modelview[13] because modelview variable is Matrix4, not array of integers or something else...

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I just noticed one thing, it's hard to explain in words, so here it is :

Edited by zgintasz
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Okay then, my next guess would be to change this (but after reverting the previous changes I suggested).

vec.Y = (2.0f * mouse.Y / (float)viewport.Height - 1);

Try removing the '-' and see if that works.

Also, sorry I didn't better explain what I was doing with the matrix suggestion.  13 is the column based matrix's location of the Y translation coordinate.

| 1 0 0 X |
| 0 1 0 -Y |
| 0 0 1 Z |
| 0 0 0 1 |

I simply suggested you invert it.  I also had to do this to get my vertex projection code to work properly.

Hopefully, my suggestion helps a bit better this time.  Sorry for any confusion.

Shogun.

EDIT: This may or may not matter for you, but I had to invert the incoming Y coordinate and the Y component of the translation vector in my modelview matrix in order to fix the problem.

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I actually understood what you meant by inverting one of the component of matrix but I don't know how to do that in opentk because modelViewMatrix variable is a Matrix4 struct. This doesn't change anything:

modelViewMatrix.M13 = -modelViewMatrix.M13;

I removed that minus in UnProject function, so now:

and if I change

mouse.Y = viewport[3] - y;

to

mouse.Y = viewport[3] - y - 130;

then it gets converted almost fine. I've implemented zooming, so when I zoom in the view, I can see that X coord isn't very accurate too.

maybe there is another way to convert that?

Also, I forgot to mention that my application is 2D if that makes any sense.

EDIT: it's also possible that unproject function is wrong, I took it from opentk forum written by someone... I see learning opengl is really difficult .

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Finally, I got this fixed. I just changed

mouse.Y = viewport[3] - y;

to

mouse.Y = y + (ClientRectangle.Height - glview.Size.Height);

still not very accurate but not very bad.

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Glad you got it fixed.  Sorry I couldn't have been more helpful.

Just curious, how "not very accurate is it"?  Are you accounting for the window's height and the title bar?

Shogun.

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I have implemented zooming, so when I zoom in I see that it isn't very accurate(sometimes dot gets in a right place, sometimes not):

When I zoom out, I see it's accurate enough. This is how I implemented zooming:

        // zoom in: zoom *= 2;
// zoom out: zoom /= 2;
public void UpdateCameraZoom()
{
Matrix4 projection = Matrix4.CreateOrthographic(ClientRectangle.Width * 5 / zoom, ClientRectangle.Height * 5 / zoom, 0.0f, 64.0f);
GL.MatrixMode(MatrixMode.Projection);
}

What I did to fix this, I just increased the width and height of projection volume(as you can see I multiply by 5) and increased other objects size(so they won't be so small) :).

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