Mirrors is a section in Jbeam that adds additional cameras and renders their views on specific mesh surfaces in order to create mirror-like reflections. Straight mirrors are supported, as well as convex ones when modelled as such, up to a certain field of view limit which will change in the future.
Mirrors are not enabled by default due to being performance intensive. They require the user to turn on the “Detailed Mirrors” option in the graphics settings. Turning it on unlocks additional options related to the view quality. With this option turned off, they are replaced with reflective surfaces which do not reflect the vehicle they are part of.
Mirrors can be adjusted by the user in the Tuning menu, but should be well adjusted for the default sitting position from the start.
Required arguments
The mirror view will be generated on a part of this mesh which has the “mirror” material assigned. It is normally a reflective material with curved edge normals.
Since 0.32, you can use material names that start with mirror_ so you can apply a custom normal map.
Optional arguments
Uses the intrinsic Euler +Y +Z +X rotation system.
Deprecated since 0.32, will be removed.
Do not define this option, it will be overwritten if user adjusts the values.
You need to fix the normal on the mesh, or use a custom normal map with your own material named like mirror_*.
New in 0.32
0 is the topmost value, 1 is a row below.
If there is no item above, even with row at 1, it will be at the top
New in 0.32
If undefined, it will automatically guess using the mesh name. If the mesh name ends with _L or contains _L_ then left will be used. Same logic with right. It will default to mid if neither condition are met.
Possible values: left, mid, right
New in 0.32
If left empty, it uses the same logic as UiColumn.
Possible values:
mirrorLeftDefaultmirrorInteriorMiddlemirrorRightDefaultmirrorLeftBigmirrorLeftBigBottomWideAnglemirrorLeftBigTopmirrorLeftBonnetmirrorRightBigmirrorRightBigBottomWideAnglemirrorRightBigTopmirrorRightBonnetmirrorRoundWideAnglemirrorTopWideAngle
Simple Example
Standard vehicle mirror with no rotation offset
"mirrors": [
["mesh", "idRef:", "id1:", "id2:"],
["car_mirror_L","mi4l","mi3l","mi1l",{"refBaseTranslation":{"x":-0.110,"y":0.017,"z":0.156},"baseRotationGlobal":{"x":0,"y":0,"z":-10}}],
],
Advanced Example
Double truck mirror, utilizing rotation offset
"mirrors": [
["mesh", "idRef:", "id1:", "id2:"],
["longnose_mirror_R","mi2r","mi2rr","mi1r",{"refBaseTranslation":{"x":-0.085,"y":0.015,"z":0.18},"baseRotationGlobal":{"x":0,"y":0,"z":34},"offsetRotationGlobal":{"x":0,"y":0,"z":11.5}}],
["longnose_mirror_R_spot","mi3r","mi2r","mi2rr",{"refBaseTranslation":{"x":0.0,"y":0.015,"z":0.085},"baseRotationGlobal":{"x":1,"y":0,"z":21.7}}]
],
