Reversing The Construction Of The View-Projection Matrix (Game Engine Reversing)

Welcome to my write-up series on reverse engineering the Rendering pipeline of an AAA game.
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Parts

• Part 1: Introduction
• Part 2: Understanding 3D Transformation Matrices
  • Part 2.1: View Matrix
  • Part 2.2: Projection Matrix
  • Part 2.3: View Projection Matrix
• Part 3: Finding & Reversing Matrices
• Part 4: Dissecting the Game’s Matrix Construction Pipeline And SIMD Math
  • Part 4.1: Tracing the Matrix Construction Path
  • Part 4.2: Reversing SIMD Instructions for Matrix Math
  • Part 4.3: Completing the View-Projection Matrix
  • Part 4.4: Optimizing Redundant SIMD Instructions (For Fun)
  • Part 4.5: Detour Hooking to Optimize SIMD Operations (For Fun)
• Part 5: Trampoline Hooking to Capture Entity Positions
• Part 6: World To Screen Explanation And Code
• Part 7: Final ESP with Imgui