Skybox rotation Topic is solved

[TaaTT4]

To render the skybox, I use the same technique that OGRE uses in its sample Sample_TutorialSky_Postprocess. As the title says, I'm wondering if there's an easy way to apply a rotation (to make things simpler: just a yaw around the world y axis) to the skybox.
I know I can simply apply a counter-rotation to the objects, but doing this creates a mess with the AABB visualization.

[xrgo]

should be something like this (SkyPostprocess_vs.glsl):

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    outVs.cameraDir.xyz = normal.xyz;

    float radian = 3.14; //whatever, maybe pass through uniform
    float s = sin(radian);
    float c = cos(radian);
    mat2 m = mat2(c, -s, s, c);

    outVs.cameraDir.xz = m * outVs.cameraDir.xz;

[dark_sylinc]

If you want an arbitrary rotation, convert the quaternion to a Matrix3 and then send it to the shader:

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uniform float3x3 rotation;
....
//GLSL
outVs.cameraDir.xyz = (rotation * normal.xyz);
//HLSL
outVs.cameraDir.xyz = mul(rotation, normal.xyz);

I don't know if you need to swap the multiplication order though (i.e. try float3 * float3x3 if float3x3 * float3 doesn't work as intended or rotates in the opposite direction).

xrgo's answer works on rotating with 2 axes by using a float2x2, instead of 3 axis; but is basically the same concept.

[TaaTT4]

If you want an arbitrary rotation, convert the quaternion to a Matrix3 and then send it to the shader:

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uniform float3x3 rotation;
....
//GLSL
outVs.cameraDir.xyz = (rotation * normal.xyz);
//HLSL
outVs.cameraDir.xyz = mul(rotation, normal.xyz);

I don't know if you need to swap the multiplication order though (i.e. try float3 * float3x3 if float3x3 * float3 doesn't work as intended or rotates in the opposite direction).

Yep, I had thought about using a rotation matrix in the vertex shader. Correct multiplication order is float3x3 * float3.

Thanks guys!