How do I get a vector from a point like my camera center to where the rendering geometry intersects my mouse coordinates

OpenGL OpenGL: Advanced Coding
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I want to make a game where I fire a bullet to where my mouse cursor is or where it lands on in 3d space. So what I could use for the movement is a unit vector. I think I can figure out what is hit and I can show code for it.

struct NormalVertex {
	glm::vec3 position;
	glm::vec3 normal;
	glm::vec2 texCoord;
	float wallType;
	glm::vec3 tangent;
	glm::vec3 bitangent;
};

struct RenderInfo {
	glm::vec3 loc;
	NormalVertex verts[6];
};

void RayTrace::trace()
{
	for (int i = 0; i < relinfo.size(); i++) {
		float lowx = 2;
		float lowy = 2;
		float higx = -2;
		float higy = -2;
		glm::vec4 location;
		for (int j = 0; j < 6; j++) {
			location = projection * view * glm::vec4(relinfo.at(i).verts[i].position, 1.0f);
			if (location.x < lowx) lowx = location.x;
			if (location.y < lowy) lowy = location.y;
			if (location.x > higx) higx = location.x;
			if (location.y > higy) higy = location.y;
		}
		if (cursx > lowx && cursx < higx && cursy > lowy && cursy < higy) {
			if (location.z < depth) {
				depth = location.z;

				//What do I put here
			}
		}
	}
}
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Of course this is just some of the stuff.

3

Hit detection is normally performed in two stages. The broad-phase stage uses simplified bounding geometry such as spheres, cubes or convex polyhedra. Hits which intersect the bounding geometry progress to the narrow-phase stage which uses the actual rendered geometry. For complex models, there may be multiple broad-phase stages using a hierarchy of bounding volumes.

GLM offers a selection of useful functions for calculating ray intersections.

4

What about if I try to get the Z location from the normal?

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Another thing is I have to make sure that what I am including is in front of the camera.