Threejs sprite is not work in mapbox
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Description
**mapbox-gl-js version**: 3.4.3
**browser**: chrome 126
### Steps to Trigger Behavior
I used the example Add a 3D model use threejs of official website to add sprite, but the display is not correct and I can't face the camera.

```javascript
const customLayer = {
id: '3d-model',
type: 'custom',
renderingMode: '3d',
onAdd: function (map, gl) {
this.camera = new THREE.Camera();
this.scene = new THREE.Scene();
// create two three.js lights to illuminate the model
const directionalLight = new THREE.DirectionalLight(0xffffff);
directionalLight.position.set(0, -70, 100).normalize();
this.scene.add(directionalLight);
const directionalLight2 = new THREE.DirectionalLight(0xffffff);
directionalLight2.position.set(0, 70, 100).normalize();
this.scene.add(directionalLight2);
// use the three.js GLTF loader to add the 3D model to the three.js scene
const loader = new THREE.GLTFLoader();
loader.load(
'https://docs.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/assets/34M_17/34M_17.gltf',
(gltf) => {
this.scene.add(gltf.scene);
}
);
const texture = new THREE.TextureLoader().load('https://threejs.org/examples/textures/sprite0.png');
let material = new THREE.SpriteMaterial({ map: texture ,side:THREE.DoubleSide});
material.sizeAttenuation = false;
let sprite = new THREE.Sprite(material);
sprite.scale.set(100, 100, 1)
this.scene.add(sprite);
this.map = map;
// use the Mapbox GL JS map canvas for three.js
this.renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer({
canvas: map.getCanvas(),
context: gl,
antialias: true
});
this.renderer.autoClear = false;
},
render: function (gl, matrix) {
const rotationX = new THREE.Matrix4().makeRotationAxis(
new THREE.Vector3(1, 0, 0),
modelTransform.rotateX
);
const rotationY = new THREE.Matrix4().makeRotationAxis(
new THREE.Vector3(0, 1, 0),
modelTransform.rotateY
);
const rotationZ = new THREE.Matrix4().makeRotationAxis(
new THREE.Vector3(0, 0, 1),
modelTransform.rotateZ
);
const m = new THREE.Matrix4().fromArray(matrix);
const l = new THREE.Matrix4()
.makeTranslation(
modelTransform.translateX,
modelTransform.translateY,
modelTransform.translateZ
)
.scale(
new THREE.Vector3(
modelTransform.scale,
-modelTransform.scale,
modelTransform.scale
)
)
.multiply(rotationX)
.multiply(rotationY)
.multiply(rotationZ);
this.camera.projectionMatrix = m.multiply(l);
this.renderer.resetState();
this.renderer.render(this.scene, this.camera);
this.map.triggerRepaint();
}```
3. [https://codepen.io/simon-wu/pen/XWLbpoW](example code)
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the custom layer's onAdd and render methods and reproduce the behavior using the linked CodePen example, Mapbox GL JS 3.4.3, and Chrome. Compare the Three.js SpriteMaterial rendering with the reported expectation that the sprite faces the camera, then verify the corrected behavior in the example.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, three.js
- Domain
- computer-graphics, frontend, web-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100