Hey- I'm using quaternions for an animation system..the problem is, the data exported to file appears to be in a different coordinate system than the animation system.. Can I simply swap the vector components of the quaternion?..will that do it?..if that's the case, then the exporter has problems..the only reason I'm dealing with any of this is because the exported data does not appear to be correct..of course, I can't tell by looking at a quaternion if it's right or not, it's only when I see the incorrect rotations occuring that I know something went wrong.. It appears to be a coordinate system discrepancy, which is what led me onto this path into quaternion hell that I am now on.. The only way I can verify what's going on is to convert the quaternions to euler angles, but my x and y transforms appear to be swapped, and no matter how I mix and match I can't get it working.. I tried all combinations of swapping the vector components of the quaternions AND the geometry in all possible coordinate systems, but I can't find the winning combination that produces the correct rotations.. My functions to convert quaternions to euler angles and back are broken in some way(get different results with some quaternions, most are consistent though), otherwise it would be no problem to swap the x and y transforms.. I'm not too worried about those particular functions though, the only reason I'm dealing with that at all is for debugging purposes..of course, if anyone here knows of a guaranteed solid way to convert quats to angles and back I'd love to see it "Like all good things, it starts with a monkey.." Edited by - monkeyman on December 11, 2001 6:53:10 PM

Thanks for the responses

I''m not sure about the static and rotating angles, though, I''ll let you know if I can figure out what that means..

"Like all good things, it starts with a monkey.."