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I'm trying to render a simple triangle with OpenGL in Java using LWJGL3. Everything is working great, but the projection matrix (perspective) is not working. In C++ I just used to apply the glm::perspective() method which works just great. But in Java, I implemented it myself since there are no libraries like GLM handling it. So here the code for the perspective in Java :

public mat4 perspective(float fov, float aspectRatio, float zNear, float zFar){
    mat4 perspective = new mat4();

    float halfTanFov = (float) Math.tan(Math.toRadians(fov/2));
    float range = zNear - zFar; 

    perspective.m00 = 1f / halfTanFov * aspectRatio; 
    perspective.m11 = 1f / halfTanFov ;  
    perspective.m22 = - (zFar - zNear) / range; 
    perspective.m23 = -1; 
    perspective.m32 = (2f * zFar * zNear) / range; 

    return perspective; 
}

Of course I tested this multiplication and a compared a result with my TI output, and it worked great. Other information, the default constructor for the mat4 class is putting all the values to 0. here is the code :

public void setZero(){
    m00 = 0; m01 = 0; m02 = 0; m03 = 0;
    m10 = 0; m11 = 0; m12 = 0; m13 = 0;
    m20 = 0; m21 = 0; m22 = 0; m23 = 0;
    m30 = 0; m31 = 0; m32 = 0; m33 = 0; 
}

the viewMatrix() in the other hand is working great. It's a simple implementation of the lookAt() method. So when it's lookAtMatrix * modelMatrix * position where the position is a vec4 the result is good. But when I try to add the projection matrix for the MVP : perspective * lookatMatrix * model * position the result is nothing. Here where I do it in the code :

public mat4 getViewProjection() {
    mViewProjection = MatrixTransform.getInstance().lookAt(mPosition, mPosition.add(mDirection), mUp);
    return mViewProjection;
}
public mat4 getMVP(mat4 model){
    return mPerspective.mult(getViewProjection()).mult(model);
}  

And here is my simple GLSL shader (for the vertex shader ) :

#version 430

layout(location=0) in vec3 position; 
uniform mat4 MVP;

void main(void){
    gl_Position = MVP * vec4(position, 1); 
}

I tried other implementation of the perspective without success, so I guess my mistake is somewhere else, but sadly enough, I can't figure out where. If someone could help, it'd be great ! thank you. If you other informations, please ask me and I'll post it.

EDIT : Here is how I put a mat4 into a uniform :

    public void uniform(String variableName, mat4 matrix){
            int loc = glGetUniformLocation(mId, variableName);
            FloatBuffer buffer = BufferUtils.createFloatBuffer(16);
            matrix.putIntoBuffer(buffer);
            buffer.flip();
            glUniformMatrix4(loc, false, buffer);
    }

and the method putIntoBuffer() :

public void putIntoBuffer(FloatBuffer buffer){
    buffer.put(m00);
    buffer.put(m01);
    buffer.put(m02);
    buffer.put(m03);

    buffer.put(m10);
    buffer.put(m11);
    buffer.put(m12);
    buffer.put(m13);

    buffer.put(m20);
    buffer.put(m21);
    buffer.put(m22);
    buffer.put(m23);

    buffer.put(m30);
    buffer.put(m31);
    buffer.put(m32);
    buffer.put(m33);
 }
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  • \$\begingroup\$ I use DX so I'm spoiled a bit with wrapper-classes-o-plenty. I have wasted more than a "few" hours fixing problems that didn't exist because I forgot the Row-Major vs. Column-Major difference (i.e. have to Transpose matrices when uploading). When it wasn't that, I was mixing Left and Right-handed matrix methods. These might not apply to your gl setup at all, but I thought I'd offer you something to double-check. \$\endgroup\$
    – Jon
    Feb 23, 2016 at 20:49
  • \$\begingroup\$ Also, during these "WTF ARE YOU DOING GPU?!??!" moments, I start by disabling culling. Culling was hiding the fact that I'd sent RH primitives through LH matrices or vice-versa. The matrices were always fine. \$\endgroup\$
    – Jon
    Feb 23, 2016 at 20:52
  • \$\begingroup\$ Just noticed this is a year old... "Modified by community" recently, #3 on the front page, yet.... was it??? This appears to be abandoned; was it "bumped" or something? \$\endgroup\$
    – Jon
    Feb 23, 2016 at 20:56
  • \$\begingroup\$ @Jon If you don't know by now, the 'Community' 'touches' a question once per hour to try and promote it. It's usually an old-ish question with one or two answer that has no accepted answer. I believe it's done in order for new users to answer, so that the question can eventually get an accepted answer. \$\endgroup\$
    – Vaillancourt
    Apr 29, 2016 at 10:06

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Other information, the default constructor for the mat4 class is putting all the values to 0

This is incorrect. Your default matrix should be the identity matrix instead; i.e:

1 0 0 0
0 1 0 0
0 0 1 0
0 0 0 1
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  • \$\begingroup\$ Thank you, and yes it should be set to identity by default. But could you explain how it would solve my problem ? All the number on the main diagonal get a new value in the perspective() method (only the 3,3 value didn't, but I just give it 1 and nothing changed), and the lookAt method reset all the values of the matrix. Can you explain further ? thank you. \$\endgroup\$
    – R00t
    Mar 28, 2015 at 19:53
  • \$\begingroup\$ It’s not particularly “incorrect”. It’s probably preferable to have an explicit constructor mat4(1.0) for this anyway. \$\endgroup\$ Apr 28, 2015 at 7:50
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Take a look at LWJGL examples.

This one could help you: https://github.com/LWJGL/lwjgl3-demos/blob/master/src/org/lwjgl/demo/opengl/shadow/ShadowMappingDemo.java

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