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Started by mind in a box July 10, 2010 08:14 AM

2 comments, last by mind in a box 13 years, 9 months ago

mind in a box

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July 10, 2010 08:14 AM

Hi,
I'm making a 2D Mario like game and I want to use the Bullet-library for the physics. Bullet runs fine so far, but I have trouble with converting the quaternion rotation into degrees (Which Direct2D wants). Since it is 2D, I only need one axis (I think it's the Z-Component of the quaternion-vector). Here is what I tried, but it gives only half-correct results, so I think I do it wrong. [smile]

D3D11-Renderer for Gothic I&II

mind in a box

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July 10, 2010 08:29 AM

I just found

D3DXQuaternionToAxisAngle

but I don't know how to use it...

D3D11-Renderer for Gothic I&II

JTippetts

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July 10, 2010 08:29 AM

Use the quaternion to transform a vector (1,0,0), then take the transformed vector, ignore the Z component, and calculate atan2(Y,X) to obtain the angle around the Z axis the rotation represents.