Freelook aware shader

[Pixel Eater]

I'm having a go at making scene reflections on water surfaces and the shader needs to know what the mouse is doing.

I've tried this in zscript.zc:

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version "2.5"

class mirrormireHandler : EventHandler
{
	PlayerInfo p;
	override void UiTick()
	{
		if (p)
			if (Cvar.GetCVar("gl_mirrormire", p).GetInt())
			{
				Shader.SetUniform1f(p, "MirrorMire", "pitch", GetActorPitch(0));
				Shader.SetEnabled(p, "MirrorMire", true);
			}
			else
			{
				Shader.SetEnabled(p, "MirrorMire", false);
			}
	}
	override void PlayerEntered(PlayerEvent e)
	{
		p = players[e.PlayerNumber];
	}
}

And get this error: Call to unknown function 'GetActorPitch'

Any ideas what else I need to do to get that to work?

[Nash]

You'll need to get the player's Actor or Map Object - p.mo - and then read the "pitch" variable directly from it.

let mo = p.mo;
if (mo) { Shader.SetUniform1f(p, "MirrorMire", "pitch", mo.pitch); }

[Gutawer]

That won't be accurate enough for a smooth shader (since mo.pitch will change per-tick, not per-frame). What you really wanna do is override RenderOverlay and use e.viewPitch. That's the pitch that GZDoom will use when rendering that frame, and so it takes into account mouse movements in-between ticks.
Also, by the way, the thing you're using to get the PlayerInfo won't be multiplayer-safe. You really wanna use players[consoleplayer] - in ui functions, consoleplayer refers to the player number that is being rendered from.

[Kotti]

Do not use PlayerInfo.mo for rendering, but PlayerInfo.camera. This is the actual camera actor in use.

[Pixel Eater]

Wow, I didn't realise there'd be so many ways to do it! I'll have a play later and see what I can come up with

[Pixel Eater]

I've managed to get it working but it's pretty glitchy (still struggling with the mouse pitch stuff). This is how it looks so far:

grab.jpg

[Nash]

AWESOME!

[Dark Pulse]

Wow, keep this up. This would add a lot of ambiance to water-heavy maps.

[Pixel Eater]

Thanks Nash

Wow, keep this up. This would add a lot of ambiance to water-heavy maps.

I intend to! At the moment this idea is branching into two possibilities- one version (the previous screenshot) that is just for effect but is hardly accurate and a more three dimensional one that will be slower:

Grab2.jpg

[Nash]

When can we test this?! :D :D :D

[ibm5155]

Uh no more need for workarouds for making this kind of effect with 3D floors \o/
Shame it'll take ages for zandronum to support it ¬¬

[Pixel Eater]

Nash, if you like you can join GiveOneMoreChance as a co-developer. Actually it would be great to have another person take a stab at the alternate CPU intensive version. I was going to wait until the current one worked before looking at it again...

ibm5155, I'm guessing that doesn't work with vanilla levels though?

[Pixel Eater]

Just a heads up- GiveOneMoreChance and I have managed to get a version of Mirror Mire that's fit for human/demon consumption! There's always room for improvement but it's at least functional now