Hi!

Is there a way to get the View and Projection matrix of the camera view and also from another view at the same time/ in the same shader?
E.g.:
matView,matProj -> from view camera
and
matView2,matProj2 -> from view camera2

the manual tells only less information about
matView:
The view transformation 4x4 matrix, set by the view position and angles

does the matView matrix looks like this:

| x y z 0|
| x y z 0|
| x y z 0|
| pan tilt roll 0|

??

no reply?

ok, I just want to know how the matView and the matProj look like in Algorithm form...so which "array" gets the x,y and z vars and where are the euler angles in the matrix arrays?
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I know this method, too. The projection shader(wiki) uses this solution, but I found out, that the view matrix gets the values only from one view.
So, either matView gets the camera vars or the vars from another new view, but not both.
...
Well, when "matView" only changes in c-script and not in the shader, it could work...but I don't think so.

Maybe I have to use the directX sdk to get my PCS Shadow working...although I saw a solution without dll...It's a pity.
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Edit:
Is matMtl the only matrix that I can edit(with c-script) and pass to the shader?

i thought that the view matrix(es) calculated depending on which view the shader is shown in.... so technically you couldn't have 2 views doing this could you?

ok, thanks for your answers...

...but I still like to know how the matView matrix Algorithm of 3dgs looks like, it must be different from the d3d one, because d3d doesn't use pan,tilt and roll.
Greetings Chris

well, you could create your own matrix and position it in c-script

D3D does use pan roll tilt, just called differently: yaw,pitch,roll

I dont think a view matrix however is simply what like your above example stated.

i was under the impression trigonometry is involved. i think i recall a wikipedia article on transformation matrices, but i don't have time to have a look. it involved object--world--view--perspective or something like that step-by-step.

surely there's a D3D function that'll do it for you with a really tiny plugin?

julz