How to transform a vector from one object's point of view to another?

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I have a vector that is defined in the local space of one object and I'm trying to figure out how to transform it into another objects's local space (ie, what direction is the camera's basis.z vector pointing from my player character's point of view?). Mathematically this should be pretty straight forward - in pseudo code, I would just need to solve:

remapMatrix =  player.localToWorldMatrix.inverse() * camera.localToWorldMatrix
relativeDir = remapMatrix.vectorTransform(camera.transform.basis.z)

The trouble is, I cannot find any equivlents of get_local_to_world_matrix() or vector_transform() in the Godot API docs (a vector transform is different from a point transform - a vector transform ignores the origin of the transform matrix).

How would I do this in Godot?

in Engine by (154 points)

Have you already looked at the to_local() and to_global() functions?

by (3,144 points)

Yes. I believe those are for points, not vectors.

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