I was recently working on an XNA project and needed to convert from an angle to a Vector2. There are a lot of resources showing how to go one way (angle->Vector2) or the other (Vector2->angle) but not many showing both. So, I figured it might be helpful to put it up here, even if I only use it for reference.

Angle -> Vector2

Now, the reason I make the Y value negative is because that’s how the screen coordinate system works. If you didn’t do this, the angle in radians would go clock-wise instead of counter-clockwise.

Vector2 -> Angle
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