i have a 4x4 matrix class defined as such: rows[0] = vec4(m00, m01, m02, m03); rows[1] = vec4(m10, m11, m12, m13); rows[2] = vec4(m20, m21, m22, m23); rows[3] = vec4(m30, m31, m32, m33); i can not get my quat class to function properly going from quat to matrix and then back to matrix. i am testing by first creating my rotation, like i do for all other rotations in my engine. i then take that matrix and convert to a quat. i am assuming that quatToMatrix should return the original rotation matrix. mine do not. can someone help please. if it helps i can post my two functions, quatToMatrix and matrixToQuat functions if that helps. thanks to all

Rotation is represented by a 3x3 matrix and you are using a 4x4. Would that be the problem?

i am using a 4x4 matrix, as it is my base matrix class for use in my engine. what i am doing is, trying to do skinned mesh. where i get the rotation keys from the model, in this case ms3d file, and then convert them into a 4x4 matrix class so that i can send to the vertex shader to do the transformation.

however, i figured out what my problem with teh quat class was, so now

mat4 rotation = rotateXYZ( PI, PI, PI );

quat q = matrixToQuat( rotation );

mat4 rotation2 = quatToMatrix( q );

i now have the conversion proper, so that rotation == rotation2

so the problem in my skinning code is elsewhere.