Ok, I’m being plagued yet again by matrices!!
In Mark Morley’s view frustum culling tutorial he uses:
m[ 0] = a[ 0] * b[ 0] + a[ 1] * b[ 4] + a[ 2] * b[ 8] + a[ 3] * b[12]; m[ 1] = a[ 0] * b[ 1] + a[ 1] * b[ 5] + a[ 2] * b[ 9] + a[ 3] * b[13]; m[ 2] = a[ 0] * b[ 2] + a[ 1] * b[ 6] + a[ 2] * b[10] + a[ 3] * b[14]; m[ 3] = a[ 0] * b[ 3] + a[ 1] * b[ 7] + a[ 2] * b[11] + a[ 3] * b[15]; m[ 4] = a[ 4] * b[ 0] + a[ 5] * b[ 4] + a[ 6] * b[ 8] + a[ 7] * b[12]; m[ 5] = a[ 4] * b[ 1] + a[ 5] * b[ 5] + a[ 6] * b[ 9] + a[ 7] * b[13]; m[ 6] = a[ 4] * b[ 2] + a[ 5] * b[ 6] + a[ 6] * b[10] + a[ 7] * b[14]; m[ 7] = a[ 4] * b[ 3] + a[ 5] * b[ 7] + a[ 6] * b[11] + a[ 7] * b[15]; m[ 8] = a[ 8] * b[ 0] + a[ 9] * b[ 4] + a[10] * b[ 8] + a[11] * b[12]; m[ 9] = a[ 8] * b[ 1] + a[ 9] * b[ 5] + a[10] * b[ 9] + a[11] * b[13]; m[10] = a[ 8] * b[ 2] + a[ 9] * b[ 6] + a[10] * b[10] + a[11] * b[14]; m[11] = a[ 8] * b[ 3] + a[ 9] * b[ 7] + a[10] * b[11] + a[11] * b[15]; m[12] = a[12] * b[ 0] + a[13] * b[ 4] + a[14] * b[ 8] + a[15] * b[12]; m[13] = a[12] * b[ 1] + a[13] * b[ 5] + a[14] * b[ 9] + a[15] * b[13]; m[14] = a[12] * b[ 2] + a[13] * b[ 6] + a[14] * b[10] + a[15] * b[14]; m[15] = a[12] * b[ 3] + a[13] * b[ 7] + a[14] * b[11] + a[15] * b[15];
In my matrix library (and in nVidia’s toolkit) we use:
m[ 0] = a[ 0] * b[ 0] + a[ 4] * b[ 1] + a[ 8] * b[ 2] + a[12] * b[ 3]; m[ 1] = a[ 1] * b[ 0] + a[ 5] * b[ 1] + a[ 9] * b[ 2] + a[13] * b[ 3]; m[ 2] = a[ 2] * b[ 0] + a[ 6] * b[ 1] + a[10] * b[ 2] + a[14] * b[ 3]; m[ 3] = a[ 3] * b[ 0] + a[ 7] * b[ 1] + a[11] * b[ 2] + a[15] * b[ 3]; m[ 4] = a[ 0] * b[ 4] + a[ 4] * b[ 5] + a[ 8] * b[ 6] + a[12] * b[ 7]; m[ 5] = a[ 1] * b[ 4] + a[ 5] * b[ 5] + a[ 9] * b[ 6] + a[13] * b[ 7]; m[ 6] = a[ 2] * b[ 4] + a[ 6] * b[ 5] + a[10] * b[ 6] + a[14] * b[ 7]; m[ 7] = a[ 3] * b[ 4] + a[ 7] * b[ 5] + a[11] * b[ 6] + a[15] * b[ 7]; m[ 8] = a[ 0] * b[ 8] + a[ 4] * b[ 9] + a[ 8] * b[10] + a[12] * b[11]; m[ 9] = a[ 1] * b[ 8] + a[ 5] * b[ 9] + a[ 9] * b[10] + a[13] * b[11]; m[10] = a[ 2] * b[ 8] + a[ 6] * b[ 9] + a[10] * b[10] + a[14] * b[11]; m[11] = a[ 3] * b[ 8] + a[ 7] * b[ 9] + a[11] * b[10] + a[15] * b[11]; m[12] = a[ 0] * b[12] + a[ 4] * b[13] + a[ 8] * b[14] + a[12] * b[15]; m[13] = a[ 1] * b[12] + a[ 5] * b[13] + a[ 9] * b[14] + a[13] * b[15]; m[14] = a[ 2] * b[12] + a[ 6] * b[13] + a[10] * b[14] + a[14] * b[15]; m[15] = a[ 3] * b[12] + a[ 7] * b[13] + a[11] * b[14] + a[15] * b[15];
Soooo… I am assuming that the second method is the “correct” matrix multiply but Mark is using the first method to avoid having to transpose something? Could somebody please tell me the operations that would be required to be performed on the matrix a and/or b before hand if I were to use the “correct” form of multiplication instead?
My uneducated guess would be that both a and b would have to be transposed for the second form of multiplication to work. Also, is there a way to extract the view frustum planes from the resultant matrix if I were to simply do a (correct mult) b or are the transposes (if my guess is correct) required to get proper planes?
Thanks in advance and sorry this ones so long!