# converting Radians to a custom degrees system

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Ok heres the thing

my engine uses radians for any type of rotation but I want my players to get rotation info on a more simple way

If I were to just convert rads to degrees I would get this:

(imagine circles)

[SOURCE]       270 180        0/360       90but what I want is this:       90   0        0      -90[/SOURCE]

so this way the user know that when he changes its facing (left or right) his angle changes too

supposing the shooting angle of the player is 0 but the player is on a 45º slope

his real shooting angle then would be

facing left

\__ <- this is 45º

then facing right the same angle becomes

--\ <- this is -45º

hope Im making any sense here :)

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Why do you think that is simpler? It's simpler what works as expected. If I have to set an angle then I expect to set it using radians or degrees. If you prefer to work with positive and negative angles you can use the interval (-180°, 180°] instead of the usual [0, 360°), but the two zeros are not intuitive in my opinion. I can't say for example what are the correct values for the angles in the various quadrants.

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its intuitive because the player will no be able to shoot backwards usually angles are limited up to 50º

you can reach higher angles by positioning yourself on high slopes

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double map_standard_degrees_to_EvilNando_degrees(double x) {  return x < 90.0  ? x       : x < 270.0 ? 180.0 - x       :             x - 360.0;}

Edit: Actually, I didn't read your "normal degrees" diagram. Usually 90 is up. Anyway, programming a piece-wise linear function is trivial. Try it.

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lol I was doing that same thing on paper but I thought maybe there was some clever formula out there to help me out hehe

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Check out the Sine function:
It is zero at 0, Pi, and 2Pi.
It is +1 at Pi/2
It is -1 at 3Pi/2

Your formula would look something like this:
Custom Angle = 90 * Sin(theta);

Oh, and your first circle is drawn upside down. 270 is on the bottom and 90 is on the top.

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How do you distinguish up-and-to-the-left from up-and-to-the-right, for example?

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