NormalizeMesh() and BuildMeshTangents() and Shadow Additive

[applePi]

NormalizeMesh() and BuildMeshTangents() may needs inspection
look at this code http://purebasic.fr/english/viewtopic.p ... 48#p458028 its purpose is to display shadow using specificaly WorldShadows(#PB_Shadow_Additive). but the shadow does not displayed even after using NormalizeMesh() and BuildMeshTangents() and BuildMeshShadowVolume()

the issue is that we can display the shadow with #PB_Shadow_Additive if we get the Normals and Tangents Data from the meshes and then uniting the several meshes to one mesh look the adaptation of the above code here http://purebasic.fr/english/viewtopic.p ... 48#p458036
so there is something with NormalizeMesh() and BuildMeshTangents() with relation to #PB_Shadow_Additive
and thanks for the Huge effort you have done and the versatile functions which without it is impossible to unite several meshes to one mesh in an easy way

[Samuel]

Hello applePi,

The example in the first link is missing the vertex normals. NormalizeMesh() seems to only recalculate the normals to the correct normal vector (based on the shape of the mesh), but it won't generate the normals for you.
All you need to do is make sure that every vertex has a normal.
I'm not sure if this is how the command was intended to function, but it's the only way I can get it to work right.

The BuildMeshTangents() can also be excluded from the example unless you need the tangents for something else.

I edited the code from the first link.

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EnableExplicit

Enumeration
  #Mainform
EndEnumeration

Global Rx.f=0, Rz.f = 10
Global Event

InitEngine3D()
InitKeyboard()
InitSprite()
InitMouse()

Add3DArchive(#PB_Compiler_Home + "Examples/3D/Data/Textures", #PB_3DArchive_FileSystem)
Add3DArchive(#PB_Compiler_Home + "Examples/3D/Data/Models", #PB_3DArchive_FileSystem)
Add3DArchive(#PB_Compiler_Home + "Examples/3D/Data/Scripts",#PB_3DArchive_FileSystem)
Parse3DScripts()

;Add mesh to a mesh (Sub Mesh)
Procedure AddMesh(Mesh, NewX.f=0 , NewY.f=0, NewZ.f=0, ScaleX.f=1, ScaleY.f=1, ScaleZ.f=1, RotateX.f=0, RotateY.f=0, RotateZ.f=0)
  Protected Dim MeshData.PB_MeshVertex(0)
  Protected Dim MeshDataInd.PB_MeshFace(0)
  Protected ArrSize, ArrSizeInd, c, i, x.f, y.f, z.f
 
  TransformMesh(Mesh, NewX,NewY,NewZ, ScaleX,ScaleY,ScaleZ, RotateX,RotateY,RotateZ)
  GetMeshData(Mesh,0, MeshData(), #PB_Mesh_Vertex | #PB_Mesh_UVCoordinate, 0, MeshVertexCount(Mesh, 0)-1)
  GetMeshData(Mesh,0, MeshDataInd(), #PB_Mesh_Face| #PB_Mesh_Color, 0, MeshIndexCount(Mesh, 0)-1)
 
  ArrSize = ArraySize(MeshData())
  For c=0 To ArrSize   
    x = MeshData(c)\x
    y = MeshData(c)\y
    z = MeshData(c)\z
    MeshVertexPosition(x,y,z)

    ;####
    ; We add a normal to every vertex (the direction doesn't matter in this case), and then
    ; later we will use NormalizeMesh() to recalculate them to their proper directions.
    ;####
    MeshVertexNormal(1,0,0)

    MeshVertexTextureCoordinate(MeshData(c)\u, MeshData(c)\v)       
  Next   
 
  ArrSizeInd = ArraySize(MeshDataInd())
  For i=0 To ArrSizeInd Step 3
    MeshFace(MeshDataInd(i)\Index, MeshDataInd(i+1)\Index,MeshDataInd(i+2)\Index)
  Next
   
  AddSubMesh(#PB_Mesh_TriangleList)
EndProcedure

OpenWindow(#Mainform,0,0, 1024, 768, "", #PB_Window_SystemMenu)
OpenWindowedScreen(WindowID(#Mainform),0,0,1024,768,0, 0, 0)

;Light & Shadow
AmbientColor(RGB(127, 127, 127))
CreateLight(#PB_Any,RGB(255, 0, 0), 5, 10, 0)
WorldShadows(#PB_Shadow_Additive)

;Camera
CreateCamera(0, 0, 0,100,100)
CameraBackColor(0, RGB(145, 182, 201))
MoveCamera(0, 0, 5, 15, #PB_Absolute) 
CameraLookAt(0, 0,0,0)   

;Textures & material
CreateMaterial(0, TextureID(LoadTexture(#PB_Any, "Dirt.jpg")))     
CreateMaterial(1, TextureID(LoadTexture(#PB_Any, "MRAMOR6X6.jpg")))

;Create an empty mesh
CreateMesh(0, #PB_Mesh_TriangleList, #PB_Mesh_Dynamic)

;Add Sub Mesh
AddMesh(CreateCube(#PB_Any, 1), 0,0,0, 10,0.1,10)             ;Sub-Mesh 0
AddMesh(CreateCube(#PB_Any, 1), -5,0.5,0, 0.1,1,10)           ;Sub-Mesh 1
AddMesh(CreateCube(#PB_Any, 1), 5,0.5,0, 0.1,1,10)            ;Sub-Mesh 2
AddMesh(CreateCube(#PB_Any, 1), 0,0.5,5, 0.1,1,10, 0,90,0)    ;Sub-Mesh 3
AddMesh(CreateCube(#PB_Any, 1), 0,0.5,-5, 0.1,1,10, 0,90,0)   ;Sub-Mesh 4

;End Create Mesh
NormalizeMesh(0)
FinishMesh(#True)

;Save your mesh if you want
;SaveMesh(0, "test.mesh")

;For each mesh, adding a material
SetMeshMaterial(0, MaterialID(0), 0)
SetMeshMaterial(0, MaterialID(1), 1)
SetMeshMaterial(0, MaterialID(1), 2)
SetMeshMaterial(0, MaterialID(1), 3)
SetMeshMaterial(0, MaterialID(1), 4)

;The sandbox is ready
CreateEntity(0, MeshID(0), #PB_Material_None)
EntityPhysicBody(0, #PB_Entity_StaticBody, 1, 1, 1)
RotateEntity(0, Rx, 0, Rz)

;Ball
CreateEntity(1, MeshID(CreateSphere(#PB_Any, 0.7)), MaterialID(1), 0, 3, 0)
EntityPhysicBody(1, #PB_Entity_SphereBody, 0.5, 0.5, 0.2)

Repeat
  Repeat
    Event  = WindowEvent()
    Select Event
      Case #PB_Event_CloseWindow
        End
       
    EndSelect
  Until Event = 0
 
  If ExamineKeyboard()
    If KeyboardPushed (#PB_Key_Escape)
      Break
    EndIf
   
    If KeyboardPushed (#PB_Key_Right)
      Rz - 0.2
    EndIf
   
    If KeyboardPushed (#PB_Key_Left)
      Rz + 0.2
    EndIf
   
    If KeyboardPushed (#PB_Key_Up)
      Rx - 0.2
    EndIf
   
    If KeyboardPushed (#PB_Key_Down)
      Rx + 0.2
    EndIf
   
  EndIf
 
  ;BugWare
  ApplyEntityImpulse(1, 0, 0, 0 )
 
  RotateEntity(0, Rx, 0, Rz)
 
  RenderWorld(40)
  FlipBuffers() 
ForEver

[applePi]

Thanks Samuel for the tip, since i have asked myself how to do the normals if we make a mesh from scratch and the NormalizeMesh() does not do what i want. this tip is handy to use.