Rotate sprite to face 3D camera
- by omikun
I am trying to rotate a sprite so it is always facing a 3D camera.
shaders->setUniform("camera", gCamera.matrix());
glm::mat4 scale = glm::scale(glm::mat4(), glm::vec3(5e5, 5e5, 5e5));
glm::vec3 look = gCamera.position();
glm::vec3 right = glm::cross(gCamera.up(), look);
glm::vec3 up = glm::cross(look, right);
glm::mat4 newTransform = glm::lookAt(glm::vec3(0), gCamera.position(), up) * scale;
shaders->setUniform("model", newTransform);
In the vertex shader:
gl_Position = camera * model * vec4(vert, 1);
The object will track the camera if I move the camera up or down, but if I rotate the camera around it, it will rotate in the other direction so I end up seeing its front twice and its back twice as I rotate around it 360. What am I doing wrong?
