should a directional light even have roll?

src/light.rs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use cgmath::Point3;
 use crate::render::OPENGL_TO_WGPU_MATRIX;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use wgpu::TextureView;
-use crate::components::RangeCopy;
+use crate::components::{RangeCopy, Position};
 
 
 #[repr(C)]
@@ -25,14 +25,16 @@ pub struct DirectionalLight {
     pub fov: f32,
     pub depth: RangeCopy<f32>,
     pub target_view: Arc<TextureView>,
+    pub pos: Position,
 }
 
 impl DirectionalLight {
-    pub fn to_raw(&self, pos: Point3<f32>) -> LightRaw {
+    pub fn to_raw(&self) -> LightRaw {
         use cgmath::{Deg, EuclideanSpace, Matrix4, PerspectiveFov, Point3, Vector3};
 
-        //let pos = cgmath::Point3::new(pos.x, pos.y, pos.z);
-        let mx_view = Matrix4::look_at(pos, Point3::origin(), Vector3::unit_z());
+        let point3d = Point3::new(self.pos.x, self.pos.y, self.pos.z);
+        let mx_view = Matrix4::look_at(point3d, Point3::origin(), Vector3::unit_y());
+
         let projection = PerspectiveFov {
             fovy: Deg(self.fov).into(),
             aspect: 1.0,
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ impl DirectionalLight {
             mx_correction * cgmath::Matrix4::from(projection.to_perspective()) * mx_view;
         LightRaw {
             proj: *mx_view_proj.as_ref(),
-            pos: [pos.x, pos.y, pos.z, 1.0],
+            pos: [self.pos.x, self.pos.y, self.pos.z, 1.0],
             color: [
                 self.color.r as f32,
                 self.color.g as f32,

src/main.rs

@@ -265,10 +265,15 @@ pub fn entity_loading(world: &mut World, renderer: &mut Renderer) {
     let light_mesh = renderer.load_mesh_to_buffer("./resources/light.obj");
 
     let light_entity: Entity = world.push((
-        cgmath::Point3 {
-            x: 5.0 as f32,
-            y: 5.0 as f32,
-            z: 5.0 as f32,
+        Position {
+            x: 0.0,
+            y: 0.0,
+            z: 0.0,
+            rot: Euler {
+                x: Deg(0.0),
+                y: Deg(-25.0),
+                z: Deg(0.0)
+            }
         },
         Color {
             r: 1.0,

src/render.rs

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use winit::window::Window;
 use crate::camera::{Camera, CameraController};
 use crate::components::{Color, Mesh, Position, RangeCopy};
 use crate::geometry::{create_plane, import_mesh, vertex, Vertex};
-use crate::light::{LightRaw, DirectionalLight};
+use crate::light::{DirectionalLight, LightRaw};
 
 #[cfg_attr(rustfmt, rustfmt_skip)]
 #[allow(unused)]
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ pub fn render_test(world: &mut SubWorld, #[resource] renderer: &mut Renderer) {
         let d = Decomposed {
             scale: 1.0,
             rot: Quaternion::from(pos.rot),
-            disp: Vector3::new(pos.x, pos.y, pos.z)
+            disp: Vector3::new(pos.x, pos.y, pos.z),
         };
         let m = Matrix4::from(d);
         let data = EntityUniforms {
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ pub fn render_test(world: &mut SubWorld, #[resource] renderer: &mut Renderer) {
             renderer.queue.write_buffer(
                 &renderer.light_uniform_buf,
                 (i * mem::size_of::<LightRaw>()) as wgpu::BufferAddress,
-                bytemuck::bytes_of(&light.to_raw(*pos)),
+                bytemuck::bytes_of(&light.to_raw()),
             );
         }
     }
@@ -337,6 +337,16 @@ impl Renderer {
                 end: 20.0,
             },
             target_view: target.clone(),
+            pos: Position {
+                x: 0.0,
+                y: 0.0,
+                z: 0.0,
+                rot: Euler {
+                    x: Deg(0.0),
+                    y: Deg(-25.0),
+                    z: Deg(0.0),
+                },
+            },
         }
     }
 
@@ -371,7 +381,6 @@ impl Renderer {
     }
 
     pub fn init(window: &Window) -> Renderer {
-
         // Grab the GPU instance, and query its features
         let instance = wgpu::Instance::new(wgpu::BackendBit::PRIMARY);
         let (size, surface) = unsafe {