Transform::Rotation()

[SpiderPig]

I'm unsure how exactly to use Transform::Rotation in order to rotate my physics object about it's local Y axis. The code below works when the player is upright, but if it rotates 90 degrees on the X axis (lying down basically) it rotates about the global Y. How can I use this to transform to local?

 

float cx = Math::Round(context->GetWidth() / 2);
float cy = Math::Round(context->GetHeight() / 2);
Vec3 mpos = window->GetMousePosition();
window->SetMousePosition(cx, cy);
mpos = mpos * looksmoothing + mousepos * (1 - looksmoothing);
float dx = (mpos.x - cx) * lookspeed;
float dy = (mpos.y - cy) * lookspeed;
Vec3 prot = player->GetModel()->GetRotation(true);
prot.y += dx;
Vec3 v = Transform::Rotation(prot, NULL, player->GetModel());
player->GetModel()->PhysicsSetRotation(v, 1.0);

 

Thanks.

[Josh]

Do this:

Vec3 prot = player->GetModel()->GetRotation(false);

prot.y += dx;

Vec3 v = Transform::Rotation(prot, player->GetModel(), NULL);

player->GetModel()->PhysicsSetRotation(v, 1.0);

 

I am also adding an additional "global" argument for convenience.

[SpiderPig]

Thanks Josh, an extra argument would be great.

 

I tried the code but moving the mouse left and right just added to the players rotation so I changed the code from;

 

prot.y += dx;

 

to

 

prot.y = dx;

 

which did help. It gave me a rotation about the Y axis which followed the mouse. But when the player rotates 90 on the X axis and then I use this code in the update loop it goes haywire. Rotating in all manor of directions without stopping.

 

My player is setup like this.

 

Model* model = Model::Cylinder();
model->SetShape(Shape::Cylinder());
model->SetCollisionType(COLLISION::PLAYER);
model->SetMass(10.0, 0, -1, 0, 1, 1, 1);//to make it more stable standing up
model->SetPosition(Vec3(0, 5, 0));

model->SetRotation(90, 0, 0);//this makes it go hay wire

 

Basically I'm making my own character controller because the player is pulled toward different gravity directions through out the game. So I always want the player to rotate left and right with the mouse no matter what direction is down.

[Josh]

You are probably running into Gimbal lock.

 

If you kept a second pivot that you used just to calculate rotations, you could call Entity->Turn() on it, and then get its rotation and use that as the rotation for PhysicsSetRotation(). You should probably use Entity->GetQuaternion() to be sure it works.

[SpiderPig]

Thanks, that did the trick. For those who are interested here's the code I used.

 

float cx = Math::Round(context->GetWidth() / 2);
float cy = Math::Round(context->GetHeight() / 2);
Vec3 mpos = window->GetMousePosition();
window->SetMousePosition(cx, cy);
mpos = mpos * looksmoothing + mousepos * (1 - looksmoothing);
float dx = (mpos.x - cx) * lookspeed;
float dy = (mpos.y - cy) * lookspeed;

Vec3 prot = player->GetRotation();
prot.y = dx;
player->SetRotation(prot);

Quat phy_rot = player->GetQuaternion(true);
player_pivot->PhysicsSetRotation(phy_rot, 1.0);

 

The physics shape is assigned to the pivot, and the model of the player is parented to the pivot.