mouse position in 3d

Heavy Poster Posts : 143 Join date : 2008-01-05

Code:: //sets projection rotations
cc=cos(face*pi/180);
ss=sin(face*pi/180);
cc2=cos(face2*pi/180);
ss2=sin(face2*pi/180);

d3d_set_projection_ext(x,y,z,x+1*ss2*cc,y-1*ss2*ss,z-1*cc2,0,0,1,70,800/600,1,32000);

//finds mouse position in 3d, mx is mouse x and so on
mx=x;
my=y;
mz=z;

repeat(500)
{
//fluff is usually 435, with 800x600 resolution and a projection angle of 70.
mx+=(mouse_x-400)/fluff*cos((face-90)*pi/180);
my-=(mouse_x-400)/fluff*sin((face-90)*pi/180);
mz-=(mouse_y-300)/fluff*cos((face2-90)*pi/180);

mx+=(mouse_y-300)/fluff*cos((face+180)*pi/180)*sin((face2+90)*pi/180);
my-=(mouse_y-300)/fluff*sin((face+180)*pi/180)*sin((face2+90)*pi/180);

mx+=1*ss2*cc;
my-=1*ss2*ss;
mz-=1*cc2;

if mz<=0
break;
}

has anyone made some code that can find the mouse position in 3d, i made this code and it barely works. when the mouse is near the edge it loses accuracy. i can't make it work with 1024x600 res or a projection angle of 90. is there a simpler way to convert between 3d mouse coordinates and 2d?

Subject: Re: mouse position in 3d Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:20 am

First of all the 3d mouse position doesn't exist in any way. That's because if you think of it, the mouse in 3d is a line, not a point. Now I know of an extremely complicated script of Gamemaker's #1 user. The script returns the xup, yup and zup where the mouse is pointing in 3d. Unfortunately I've never understood the script, so I can't help in any way. I can supply you with it though:

Code:: //Script by Yourself
{
var mm,dX,dY,dZ,uX,uY,uZ,vX,vY,vZ,mX,mY,mZ, width, height, tFOV;
dX = argument3-argument0;
dY = argument4-argument1;
dZ = argument5-argument2;
mm = sqrt(dX*dX+dY*dY+dZ*dZ);
dX /= mm;
dY /= mm;
dZ /= mm;
uX = argument6;
uY = argument7;
uZ = argument8;
mm = uX*dX+uY*dY+uZ*dZ;
uX -= mm*dX;
uY -= mm*dY;
uZ -= mm*dZ
mm = sqrt(uX*uX+uY*uY+uZ*uZ);
uX /= mm;
uY /= mm;
uZ /= mm;
// v = u x d
vX = uY*dZ-dY*uZ;
vY = uZ*dX-dZ*uX;
vZ = uX*dY-dX*uY;
tFOV = tan(argument9*pi/360);
uX *= tFOV;
uY *= tFOV;
uZ *= tFOV;
vX *= tFOV*argument10;
vY *= tFOV*argument10;
vZ *= tFOV*argument10;
width = window_get_width();
height = window_get_height();
mX = dX+uX*(1-2*mouse_y/height)+vX*(2*mouse_x/width-1);
mY = dY+uY*(1-2*mouse_y/height)+vY*(2*mouse_x/width-1);
mZ = dZ+uZ*(1-2*mouse_y/height)+vZ*(2*mouse_x/width-1);
mm = sqrt(mX*mX+mY*mY+mZ*mZ);
global.mouse_dx = mX/mm;
global.mouse_dy = mY/mm;
global.mouse_dz = mZ/mm;}

Note: the arguments used are the same as used in d3d_set_projection_ext but without the two final arguments.
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Heavy Poster Posts : 143 Join date : 2008-01-05

yea, that looks more complicated than my code. i played with the "fluff" variable and found that 300 makes the mouse line up to the 3d coordinates. lol i dont need any help now.

but i would like to know another thing. how to make 3d coordinates 2d, reason for that is to calculate if the mouse clicked a line between two points, so i could create a new point. all in 3d.

i am making a modeling program, because i am too dumb to learn truespace, anim8tor doesn't work correctly on my computer, maybe cuz i have vista. blender makes me sick. lol