When I try to pick terrain with my mouse, the further off-center that I get off of the chunk of terrain, the further off my mouse is from my ‘mark’.
The code I am using to try to attempt this:
[java] if (name.equals(“Shoot”)) {
fpsText.setText(“Shooting!”);
CollisionResults results = new CollisionResults();
Vector2f click2d = inputManager.getCursorPosition();
Vector3f click3d = cam.getWorldCoordinates(new Vector2f(click2d.x, click2d.y), 0f).clone();
Vector3f dir = cam.getWorldCoordinates(new Vector2f(click2d.x, click2d.y), 1f).subtractLocal(click3d);
dir.subtractLocal(click3d).normalizeLocal();
Ray ray = new Ray(click3d, dir);
//Ray ray = new Ray(cam.getLocation(), cam.getDirection());
rootNode.collideWith(ray, results);
if (results.size() > 0) {
if (!result.getGeometry().getName().equals(“MARK”)) {
CollisionResult closest = results.getClosestCollision();
mark.setLocalTranslation(closest.getContactPoint());
rootNode.attachChild(mark);
}
} else {
rootNode.detachChild(mark);
}
}
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I am not sure why it is ‘marking’ further off the larger the distance is from the center; I get the same results with a Box-shaped Geometry, unless I take off the line dir.subtractLocal(click3d).normalizeLocal(); .
your direction vector looks a bit funky, try using this …
[java]Vector3f origin = main.getCamera().getWorldCoordinates(main.getInputManager().getCursorPosition(), 0.0f);
Vector3f direction = main.getCamera().getWorldCoordinates(main.getInputManager().getCursorPosition(), 0.3f);
direction.subtractLocal(origin).normalizeLocal();[/java]
Ah, that is a lot more readable and works to fix the problem, thanks 
Is there a reason that the other code works on a Box-shaped Geometry without the normalization?
perhaps because you were subtracting click3d twice, and you were commenting out the second occurrence while commenting out the localize, I think the double subtraction was your issue.
Yes, it was the subtraction of click3d twice that was doing it. Thank you!