matrix_to_quat(3alleg4)

✨ matrix_to_quat 💫

okay bestie, welcome to the Allegro manual — yes THE Allegro, the game programming library, the one that's been serving graphics realness since forever 👑 this page is matrix_to_quat(3alleg4) and it's a short one but it's lowkey iconic.

🌸 NAME 🌸

matrix_to_quat — constructs a quaternion from a rotation matrix. Allegro game programming library. periodt 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <allegro.h>

void matrix_to_quat(const MATRIX_f *m, QUAT *q);

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so what does it do? it constructs a quaternion from a rotation matrix. that's the whole vibe, no cap ✨

one thing you HAVE to know though: translation is discarded during the conversion. like, it's just gone, it does not come with you, it's not invited to the quaternion party 🙈 so don't come crying to me when your position info ghosted you.

and if your matrix is not orthonormalized? bestie. use get_align_matrix_f() first, fr fr. because strange things may happen otherwise 💀 and not the cute kind of strange, the "why is my geometry doing that" kind. we don't want that energy in this house.

that's literally it, that's the whole page 🫶 go forth and rotate responsibly ✨

signing off with love from the Allegro manual, version 4.4.3 💖 mwah, take care of your matrices bestie 🎀🦋