Addez
July 10, 2011, 5:18pm
1
Hi!
I’m trying to make a method that changes a direction given in vector3f by x amount of degrees.
So if I give the vector 10,-10,2
then it should be able to change vector to point slightly a diffrent direction, tho not much.
Maximum x radians is it allowed to change on all axies…
So I wrote these methods:
[java]private Vector3f shake(Vector3f dir, float v) {
Vector3f randomAmount = new Vector3f(getRandomFloat(),getRandomFloat(),getRandomFloat());
float x_A = Vector3f.UNIT_X.angleBetween(new Vector3f(dir.x,0,0));
float maxX = (float) (Math.tan(x_A+v)*Math.cos(x_A)-Math.sin(x_A)*Math.cos(x_A));
float y_A = Vector3f.UNIT_Y.angleBetween(new Vector3f(0,dir.y,0));
float maxY = (float) (Math.tan(y_A+v)*Math.cos(y_A)-Math.sin(y_A)*Math.cos(y_A));
float z_A = Vector3f.UNIT_Z.angleBetween(new Vector3f(0,0,dir.y));
float maxZ = (float) (Math.tan(z_A+v)*Math.cos(z_A)-Math.sin(z_A)*Math.cos(z_A));
dir = dir.add(new Vector3f(maxX,maxY,maxZ).mult(randomAmount));
return dir;
}
private float getRandomFloat() {
return (float)(Math.random());
}[/java]
First I try to calculate the maximum distance on each axis that its allowed to move.
Then I multiply that with a random vector so that it can, on each axis, move a max distance multiplied by a value from 0 to 1.
This is for the vector of bullets from a shotgun or other weapon.
Im doing something wrong…
Heres a picture over the calculations I’v done on how to calculate max distance:
http://i.imgur.com/g4SvY.jpg
The variables does not really matter. This is calculated for one axis, could be x z or y.
The x variable is the amount that your allowed to move your axis.
A is the angle between the vertical plane and your axis
The hypotenus of z and y is 1. It is your axis normalized.
v is the amount of max spread degree. The maximum angle change.
What am I doing wrong? Any smart mathematician that can solve this?
i have a naive question, why dont you just rotate the bullet by 0-45 degrees ? with node.rotate(angleX,angleY,angleZ); since the bullet move only “forward” it will go at the direction you want (where it is looking).
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Addez
July 10, 2011, 7:17pm
3
Okej great!
Now I can rotate the bullet random amount like spread.
Problem is, I need a vector3f called direction.
See the bullets lookAt was changed, but it will still move in the vector called direction.
So I must not rotate the dir vector and I have no idea on how to do that…
Addez
July 10, 2011, 7:37pm
5
[java]newBullet.lookAt(dir, Vector3f.UNIT_Y);
System.out.println("Max: "+maxSpread);
Vector3f rot = new Vector3f(getRandomFloat(maxSpread),getRandomFloat(maxSpread),getRandomFloat(maxSpread));
newBullet.rotate(rot.x,rot.y,rot.z);
dir = newBullet.getWorldRotation().mult(dir);[/java]
Will not change the direction vector at all
Addez
July 10, 2011, 7:44pm
6
Yes, thats where I got that mult method from.
I continued reading and then tried:
[java]newBullet.lookAt(dir, Vector3f.UNIT_Y);
System.out.println("Max: "+maxSpread);
Vector3f rot = new Vector3f(getRandomFloat(maxSpread),getRandomFloat(maxSpread),getRandomFloat(maxSpread));
newBullet.rotate(rot.x,rot.y,rot.z);
Quaternion rota = new Quaternion();
rota.fromAngleAxis(newBullet.getWorldRotation().getX(), Vector3f.UNIT_X);
Quaternion rota2 = new Quaternion();
rota2.fromAngleAxis(newBullet.getWorldRotation().getX(), Vector3f.UNIT_Y);
Quaternion rota3 = new Quaternion();
rota3.fromAngleAxis(newBullet.getWorldRotation().getX(), Vector3f.UNIT_Z);
Quaternion rota4 = rota.mult(rota2).mult(rota3);
dir = rota4.mult(dir);[/java]
Exact same result, nothing
normen
July 10, 2011, 7:59pm
8
Get this stuff straight in your head. On the one hand you got rotations and on the other hand you got direction vectors that you want to “point” in a certain direction, don’t mix that up. The world rotation / local rotation quaternion of a spatial is a relative rotation from y-up z-forward. You should not expect a quaternion to accumulate rotations around the axes or something.
Addez
July 10, 2011, 8:08pm
9
[java]newBullet.rotate(rot.x,rot.y,rot.z);
Quaternion rota = newBullet.getWorldRotation();
dir = rota.mult(new Vector3f(0,1,0));[/java]
was my last shot at this.
I’m so dam tired I can’t think straight. Sorry if my attempts make less sence than a retarded monkey
I gotta go to bed now, barley got time to work on this game this week due to work. -.-
thats what happens when you dont reuse your code. You forget how jme works.
Forward is the “dir” you want.
[java]
/*Creates a Vector that tells where is the forward vector of this object /
public final Vector3f getForward(Node node)
{
Vector3f forward = new Vector3f(0,0,1);
node.localToWorld(forward,forward);
return forward;
}
[/java]
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Addez
July 13, 2011, 5:34pm
11
Exacly!
I need to set the rotation using the Z!
[java]Quaternion rota = newBullet.getWorldRotation();
dir = rota.mult(Vector3f.UNIT_Z);[/java]
THERE is the direction for the lookAt at a model…