Why does euler angle go from -270 to +90?

[Kurt-Dekker]

@GuardingPearSoftware

Unity stores rotation as a quaternion,

All about Euler angles and rotations and Quaternions, by StarManta:

https://starmanta.gitbooks.io/unitytipsredux/content/second-question.html

Annoyingly the above has gone 401 but here’s a scrape:

Euler Angles · UnityTipsRedux

Quaternion dumper if you absolutely insist on peeking inside the ugly parts:

Making a random item hover

You should not touch x, y, z, or w. These are the internal fields of the Quaternion. Consider them magic. You should also never touch eulerAngles.x, eulerAngles.y, eulerAngles.z for different reasons. See link below. NOTE: Those last three (x,y,z) have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with the first four (x,y,z,w). They have NOTHING to do with each other. Really. Honest! Nothing. If you doubt that assertion, print them out while wiggling (rotating) an object. You’ll see. All about Euler angles and…