a little help with rotations

Hi all experts out there

This is my script and i would love to have those rotation in DECIMAL DEGREES.
Those radians drive me crazy
TNX for tips or tricks or even solutions.


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string object;

default
{
touch_start(integer count)
{

object=llGetInventoryName(INVENTORY_OBJECT,0);

llRezObject(object, llGetPos() + <0.0,0.0,1.0>, <0.0,0.0,0.0>,
this is in radial degrees and I would like to have decimals <00.0,00.0,00.0,0.0>, 0);
}
object_rez(key id)
{

}
}
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I'm not in-world at the moment, but the two things you need to look up are:

llEuler2Rot

and

DEG_TO_RAD


They can be combined such as:

llEuler2Rot(<1.0, 2.0, 3.0> * DEG_TO_RAD)


I'm still trying to get my head around some of this rotation stuff too.

I am no expert on rotations but there is a built in way of converting.

This is from the Wiki if it helps

float DEG_TO_RAD

A constant used to convert from degrees to radians through multiplication.
The constant amounts to PI / 180.

Examples:
float radians = degrees * DEG_TO_RAD;

vector euler_rot = <45, 90, 0> * DEG_TO_RAD;

Compare with RAD_TO_DEG.

They can be combined such as:

llEuler2Rot(<1.0, 2.0, 3.0> * DEG_TO_RAD)


If I only knew how to implement this in my script.

Try something like this:

llRezObject(object, llGetPos() + <0.0,0.0,1.0>, <0.0,0.0,0.0>, llEuler2Rot(<45.0, 30.0, 90.0> * DEG_TO_RAD) , 0);

This simply takes a 3-axis rotation (a "Euler", the <1.0,2.0,3.0> part) which is expressed in degrees, converts it to radians, and converts that into a rotation datatype. Plug that in, with your desired axis rotations (in degrees), where the rotation type is expected.

(edit to add: )
Actually, no. Quaternion components do not directly represent radians or degrees. Without devling too deeply into the math involved, it's just easier to use the llEuler2Rot function to build one from a euler vector, which is easier to comprehend, especially for those used to the rotation editor in the client.

YEAH YEAH I AM HAPPY

It works perfectly now.
I am so glad to be a nerd sometime

TNX for making me smile !!

Marcthur