I need to have multiple identical, animated models on a scene. If possible, I would like them to have a shared geometry and material, but if it is impossible, having them instanced per model will suffice too.
Unfortunately, the only way to achieve this result I found is to go through JSONLoader for every model instance.
SkinnedMesh does have a clone() method, but it seems not to be fully implemented yet. If used and both original and cloned mesh are present on the scene, only one will appear, and cloned one will be without animation.
I have attempted to use this example with shared skeletons:
https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/pull/11666
...and indeed it works, but I need to be able to play different animations for every model instance, having them all play the same one is not sufficient, sadly. I hoped I could do similar hax and insert my own skeleton (made out of bones from the JSON file), but it behaves very much like if I just used clone() from SkinnedMesh.
I am using this code:
https://github.com/arturitu/threejs-animation-workflow/blob/master/js/main.js
Basically what I'd like to achieve is
var onLoad = function (geometry, materials) {
window.geometry = geometry;
character = new THREE.SkinnedMesh(
geometry,
new THREE.MeshFaceMaterial(materials)
);
character2 = character.someMagicalClone();
scene.add(character);
scene.add(character2);
(...)
I need any clue... and while I wait for help, I am busily deconstructing constructor for SkinnedMesh and JSONLoader for clues ;)
Thanks in advance!
I found a solution in this pull request:
https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/pull/14494
in short, there are two functions added:
function cloneAnimated( source ) {
var cloneLookup = new Map();
var clone = source.clone();
parallelTraverse( source, clone, function ( sourceNode, clonedNode ) {
cloneLookup.set( sourceNode, clonedNode );
} );
source.traverse( function ( sourceMesh ) {
if ( ! sourceMesh.isSkinnedMesh ) return;
var sourceBones = sourceMesh.skeleton.bones;
var clonedMesh = cloneLookup.get( sourceMesh );
clonedMesh.skeleton = sourceMesh.skeleton.clone();
clonedMesh.skeleton.bones = sourceBones.map( function ( sourceBone ) {
if ( ! cloneLookup.has( sourceBone ) ) {
throw new Error( 'THREE.AnimationUtils: Required bones are not descendants of the given object.' );
}
return cloneLookup.get( sourceBone );
} );
clonedMesh.bind( clonedMesh.skeleton, sourceMesh.bindMatrix );
} );
return clone;
}
function parallelTraverse( a, b, callback ) {
callback( a, b );
for ( var i = 0; i < a.children.length; i ++ ) {
parallelTraverse( a.children[ i ], b.children[ i ], callback );
}
}
As I understand it rebinds cloned skeleton to the cloned mesh.
so topic example could look like:
var onLoad = function (geometry, materials) {
window.geometry = geometry;
character = new THREE.SkinnedMesh(
geometry,
new THREE.MeshFaceMaterial(materials)
);
character2 = cloneAnimated(character); // <-- used that new function
scene.add(character);
scene.add(character2);
(...)
How to add and remove different light types at run time in three.js?
I have some checkboxes, each representing a light type and I want to add a certain light type to the scene when its checkbox is checked and remove the light when unchecked.
I tried: scene.remove(light) and light.visible = false, but did not work.
With WebGLRenderer, if you change the number of lights, or types of lights, you need to set material.needsUpdate = true.
A better option is to set the light intensity to zero.
For more information, see the Wiki article How to Update Things.
three.js r.116
To hide/show light use:
light.visible = false; //or true
and set needsUpdate for all your materials to true.
material.needsUpdate = true;
I have all materials inside one object which properties are materials objects, so i have.
for (var material in materials) {
if (materials.hasOwnProperty(material)) {
materials[material].needsUpdate = true;
}
}
That will allow you to see all updates. Before you do needsUpdate trick, you will see nothing in most cases.
It worked with me like this:
render(){
// some other code ....
//light
if($('#dLight').is(':checked')){
dLight.position.set($('#light-x').slider('value'),$('#light-y').slider('value'),$('#light-z').slider('value')).normalize();
dLight.intensity = $('#light-intensity-id').slider('value');
dLight.color.setHex('0x' + $('#light-color').val());
scene.add(dLight);
}else{
scene.remove(dLight);
}
if($('#pLight').is(':checked')){
pLight.position.set($('#light-x').slider('value'),$('#light-y').slider('value'),$('#light-z').slider('value'));
pLight.intensity = $('#light-intensity-id').slider('value');
pLight.color.setHex('0x' + $('#light-color').val());
scene.add(pLight);
}else{
scene.remove(pLight);
}
if($('#sLight').is(':checked')){
sLight.position.set($('#light-x').slider('value'),$('#light-y').slider('value'),$('#light-z').slider('value'));
sLight.intensity = $('#light-intensity-id').slider('value');
sLight.color.setHex('0x' + $('#light-color').val());
scene.add(sLight);
}else{
scene.remove(sLight);
}
if($('#aLight').is(':checked')){
aLight.position.set($('#light-x').slider('value'),$('#light-y').slider('value'),$('#light-z').slider('value'));
aLight.color.setHex('0x' + $('#light-color').val());
scene.add(aLight);
}else{
scene.remove(aLight);
}
}
EDIT
OK, I've tried a camera using quaternions:
qyaw = [Math.cos(rot[0]/2), 0, Math.sin(rot[0]/2), 0];
qpitch = [Math.cos(rot[1]/2), 0, 0, Math.sin(rot[1]/2)];
rotQuat = quat4.multiply (qpitch, qyaw);
camRot = quat4.toMat4(rotQuat);
camMat = mat4.multiply(camMat,camRot);
and I get exactly the same problem. So I'm guessing it's not gimbal lock. I've tried changing the order I multiply my matrices, but it just goes camera matrix * model view matrix, then object matrix * model view. That's right isn't it?
I'm trying to build a 3d camera in webGL that can move about the world and be rotated around the x and y (right and up) axes.
I'm getting the familiar problem (possibly gimbal lock?) that once one of the axes is rotated, the rotation around the other is screwed up; for example, when you rotate around the Y axis 90degrees, rotation around the x becomes a spin around z.
I appreciate this is a common problem, and there are copious guides to building a camera that avoid this problem, but as far as I can tell, I've implemented two different solutions and I'm still getting the same problem. Frankly, it's doing my head in...
One solution I'm using is this (adapted from http://www.toymaker.info/Games/html/camera.html):
function updateCam(){
yAx = [0,1,0];
xAx = [1,0,0];
zAx = [0,0,1];
mat4.identity(camMat);
xRotMat = mat4.create();
mat4.identity(xRotMat)
mat4.rotate(xRotMat,rot[0],xAx);
mat4.multiplyVec3(xRotMat,zAx);
mat4.multiplyVec3(xRotMat,yAx);
yRotMat = mat4.create();
mat4.identity(yRotMat)
mat4.rotate(yRotMat,rot[1],yAx);
mat4.multiplyVec3(yRotMat,zAx);
mat4.multiplyVec3(yRotMat,xAx);
zRotMat = mat4.create();
mat4.identity(zRotMat)
mat4.rotate(zRotMat,rot[2],zAx);
mat4.multiplyVec3(zRotMat,yAx);
mat4.multiplyVec3(zRotMat,xAx);
camMat[0] = xAx[0];
camMat[1] = yAx[0];
camMat[2] = zAx[0];
//camMat[3] =
camMat[4] = xAx[1]
camMat[5] = yAx[1];
camMat[6] = zAx[1];
//camMat[7] =
camMat[8] = xAx[2]
camMat[9] = yAx[2];
camMat[10]= zAx[2];
//camMat[11]=
camMat[12]= -1* vec3.dot(camPos, xAx);
camMat[13]= -1* vec3.dot(camPos, yAx);
camMat[14]= -1* vec3.dot(camPos, zAx);
//camMat[15]=
var movSpeed = 1.5 * forward;
var movVec= vec3.create(zAx);
vec3.scale(movVec, movSpeed);
vec3.add(camPos, movVec);
movVec= vec3.create(xAx);
movSpeed = 1.5 * strafe;
vec3.scale(movVec, movSpeed);
vec3.add(camPos, movVec);
}
I also tried using this method using
mat4.rotate(camMat, rot[1], yAx);
instead of explicitly building the camera matrix - same result.
My second (actually first...) method looks like this (rot is an array containing the current rotations around x, y and z (z is always zero):
function updateCam(){
mat4.identity(camRot);
mat4.identity(camMat);
camRot = fullRotate(rot);
mat4.set(camRot,camMat);
mat4.translate(camMat, camPos);
}
function fullRotate(angles){
var cosX = Math.cos(angles[0]);
var sinX = Math.sin(angles[0]);
var cosY = Math.cos(angles[1]);
var sinY = Math.sin(angles[1]);
var cosZ = Math.cos(angles[2]);
var sinZ = Math.sin(angles[2]);
rotMatrix = mat4.create([cosZ*cosY, -1*sinZ*cosX + cosZ*sinY*sinX, sinZ*sinX+cosZ*sinY*cosX, 0,
sinZ*cosY, cosZ*cosX + sinZ*sinY*sinX, -1*cosZ*sinX + sinZ*sinY*cosX, 0,
-1*sinY, cosY*sinX, cosY*cosX, 0,
0,0,0,1 ] );
mat4.transpose(rotMatrix);
return (rotMatrix);
}
The code (I've taken out most of the boilerplate gl lighting stuff etc and just left the transformations) to actually draw the scene is:
function drawScene() {
gl.viewport(0, 0, gl.viewportWidth, gl.viewportHeight);
gl.clear(gl.COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | gl.DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
mat4.perspective(45, gl.viewportWidth / gl.viewportHeight, 0.1, 2000.0, pMatrix);
mat4.identity(mvMatrix);
for(var i=0; i<planets.length; i++){
if (planets[i].type =="sun"){
currentProgram = perVertexSunProgram;
} else {
currentProgram = perVertexNormalProgram;
}
alpha = planets[i].alphaFlag;
mat4.identity(planets[i].rotMat);
mvPushMatrix();
//all the following puts planets in orbit around a central sun, but it's not really relevant to my current problem
var rot = [0,rotCount*planets[i].orbitSpeed,0];
var planetMat;
planetMat = mat4.create(fullRotate(rot));
mat4.multiply(planets[i].rotMat, planetMat);
mat4.translate(planets[i].rotMat, planets[i].position);
if (planets[i].type == "moon"){
var rot = [0,rotCount*planets[i].moonOrbitSpeed,0];
moonMat = mat4.create(fullRotate(rot));
mat4.multiply(planets[i].rotMat, moonMat);
mat4.translate(planets[i].rotMat, planets[i].moonPosition);
mat4.multiply(planets[i].rotMat, mat4.inverse(moonMat));
}
mat4.multiply(planets[i].rotMat, mat4.inverse(planetMat));
mat4.rotate(planets[i].rotMat, rotCount*planets[i].spinSpd, [0, 1, 0]);
//this bit does the work - multiplying the model view by the camera matrix, then by the matrix of the object we want to render
mat4.multiply(mvMatrix, camMat);
mat4.multiply(mvMatrix, planets[i].rotMat);
gl.useProgram(currentProgram);
setMatrixUniforms();
gl.drawElements(gl.TRIANGLES, planets[i].VertexIndexBuffer.numItems, gl.UNSIGNED_SHORT, 0);
mvPopMatrix();
}
}
However, most of the transformations can be ignored, the same effect cab be seen simply displaying a sphere at world coords 0,0,0.
I thought my two methods - either rotating the axes one at a time as you go, or building up the rotation matrix in one go avoided the problem of doing two rotations one after the other. Any ideas where I'm going wrong?
PS - I'm still very much starting to learn WebGL and 3d maths, so be gentle and talk to me like someone who hadn't heard of a matrix til a couple of months ago... Also, I know quaternions are a good solution to 3d rotation, and that would be my next attempt, however, I think I need to understand why these two methods don't work first...
For the sake of clarification, think about gimbal lock this way: You've played Quake/Unreal/Call of Duty/Any First Person Shooter, right? You know how when you are looking forward and move the mouse side to side your view swings around in a nice wide arc, but if you look straight up or down and move your mouse side to side you basically just spin tightly around a single point? That's gimbal lock. It's something that pretty much any FPS game uses because it happens to mimic what we would do in real life, and thus most people don't usually think of it as a problem.
For something like a space flight sim, however, or (more commonly) skeletal animation that type of effect is undesirable, and so we use things like quaternions to help us get around it. Wether or not you care about gimbal lock for your camera depends on the effect that you are looking to achieve.
I don't think you're experiencing that, however. What it sounds like is that your order of matrix multiplication is messed up, and as a result your view is rotating in a way that you don't expect. I would try playing with the order that you do your X/Y/Z rotations in and see if you can find an order than gives you the desired results.
Now, I hate doing code dumps, but this may be useful to you so here we go: This is the code that I use in most of my newer WebGL projects to manage a free-floating camera. It is gimbal locked, but as I mentioned earlier it doesn't really matter in this case. Basically it just gives you FPS style controls that you can use to fly around your scene.
/**
* A Flying Camera allows free motion around the scene using FPS style controls (WASD + mouselook)
* This type of camera is good for displaying large scenes
*/
var FlyingCamera = Object.create(Object, {
_angles: {
value: null
},
angles: {
get: function() {
return this._angles;
},
set: function(value) {
this._angles = value;
this._dirty = true;
}
},
_position: {
value: null
},
position: {
get: function() {
return this._position;
},
set: function(value) {
this._position = value;
this._dirty = true;
}
},
speed: {
value: 100
},
_dirty: {
value: true
},
_cameraMat: {
value: null
},
_pressedKeys: {
value: null
},
_viewMat: {
value: null
},
viewMat: {
get: function() {
if(this._dirty) {
var mv = this._viewMat;
mat4.identity(mv);
mat4.rotateX(mv, this.angles[0]-Math.PI/2.0);
mat4.rotateZ(mv, this.angles[1]);
mat4.rotateY(mv, this.angles[2]);
mat4.translate(mv, [-this.position[0], -this.position[1], - this.position[2]]);
this._dirty = false;
}
return this._viewMat;
}
},
init: {
value: function(canvas) {
this.angles = vec3.create();
this.position = vec3.create();
this.pressedKeys = new Array(128);
// Initialize the matricies
this.projectionMat = mat4.create();
this._viewMat = mat4.create();
this._cameraMat = mat4.create();
// Set up the appropriate event hooks
var moving = false;
var lastX, lastY;
var self = this;
window.addEventListener("keydown", function(event) {
self.pressedKeys[event.keyCode] = true;
}, false);
window.addEventListener("keyup", function(event) {
self.pressedKeys[event.keyCode] = false;
}, false);
canvas.addEventListener('mousedown', function(event) {
if(event.which == 1) {
moving = true;
}
lastX = event.pageX;
lastY = event.pageY;
}, false);
canvas.addEventListener('mousemove', function(event) {
if (moving) {
var xDelta = event.pageX - lastX;
var yDelta = event.pageY - lastY;
lastX = event.pageX;
lastY = event.pageY;
self.angles[1] += xDelta*0.025;
while (self.angles[1] < 0)
self.angles[1] += Math.PI*2;
while (self.angles[1] >= Math.PI*2)
self.angles[1] -= Math.PI*2;
self.angles[0] += yDelta*0.025;
while (self.angles[0] < -Math.PI*0.5)
self.angles[0] = -Math.PI*0.5;
while (self.angles[0] > Math.PI*0.5)
self.angles[0] = Math.PI*0.5;
self._dirty = true;
}
}, false);
canvas.addEventListener('mouseup', function(event) {
moving = false;
}, false);
return this;
}
},
update: {
value: function(frameTime) {
var dir = [0, 0, 0];
var speed = (this.speed / 1000) * frameTime;
// This is our first person movement code. It's not really pretty, but it works
if(this.pressedKeys['W'.charCodeAt(0)]) {
dir[1] += speed;
}
if(this.pressedKeys['S'.charCodeAt(0)]) {
dir[1] -= speed;
}
if(this.pressedKeys['A'.charCodeAt(0)]) {
dir[0] -= speed;
}
if(this.pressedKeys['D'.charCodeAt(0)]) {
dir[0] += speed;
}
if(this.pressedKeys[32]) { // Space, moves up
dir[2] += speed;
}
if(this.pressedKeys[17]) { // Ctrl, moves down
dir[2] -= speed;
}
if(dir[0] != 0 || dir[1] != 0 || dir[2] != 0) {
var cam = this._cameraMat;
mat4.identity(cam);
mat4.rotateX(cam, this.angles[0]);
mat4.rotateZ(cam, this.angles[1]);
mat4.inverse(cam);
mat4.multiplyVec3(cam, dir);
// Move the camera in the direction we are facing
vec3.add(this.position, dir);
this._dirty = true;
}
}
}
});
This camera assumes that Z is your "Up" axis, which may or may not be true for you. It's also using ECMAScript 5 style objects, but that shouldn't be an issue for any WebGL-enabled browser, and it utilizes my glMatrix library but it looks like you're already using that anyway. Basic usage is pretty simple:
// During your init code
var camera = Object.create(FlyingCamera).init(canvasElement);
// During your draw loop
camera.update(16); // 16ms per-frame == 60 FPS
// Bind a shader, etc, etc...
gl.uniformMatrix4fv(shaderUniformModelViewMat, false, camera.viewMat);
Everything else is handled internally for you, including keyboard and mouse controls. May not fit your needs exactly, but hopefully you can glean what you need to from there. (Note: This is essentially the same as the camera used in my Quake 3 demo, so that should give you an idea of how it works.)
Okay, that's enough babbling from me for one post! Good luck!
It doesn't matter how you build your matrices, using euler angle rotations (like both of your code snippets do) will always result in a transformation that shows the gimble lock problem.
You may want to have a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaternions_and_spatial_rotation as a starting point for creating transformations that avoid gimble locks.
Try my new project (webGL2 part of visual-js game engine) based on glmatrix 2.0 .
Activate events for camera use : App.camera.FirstPersonController = true;
live examples
For camera important functions :
Camera interaction
App.operation.CameraPerspective = function() {
this.GL.gl.viewport(0, 0, wd, ht);
this.GL.gl.clear(this.GL.gl.COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | this.GL.gl.DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT);
// mat4.identity( world.mvMatrix )
// mat4.translate(world.mvMatrix , world.mvMatrix, [ 10 , 10 , 10] );
/* Field of view, Width height ratio, min distance of viewpoint, max distance of viewpoint, */
mat4.perspective(this.pMatrix, degToRad( App.camera.viewAngle ), (this.GL.gl.viewportWidth / this.GL.gl.viewportHeight), App.camera.nearViewpoint , App.camera.farViewpoint );
};
manifest.js :
var App = {
name : "webgl2 experimental",
version : 0.3,
events : true,
logs : false ,
draw_interval : 10 ,
antialias : false ,
camera : { viewAngle : 45 ,
nearViewpoint : 0.1 ,
farViewpoint : 1000 ,
edgeMarginValue : 100 ,
FirstPersonController : false },
textures : [] , //readOnly in manifest
tools : {}, //readOnly in manifest
download source from :
webGL 2 part of visual-js GE project
Old :
opengles 1.1
https://stackoverflow.com/a/17261523/1513187
Very fast first person controler with glmatrix 0.9 based on http://learningwebgl.com/ examples.