From 38d1cf43f9f034b4f274119377d5667764eb9853 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Noeri Huisman <8823461+mrxz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 13:26:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid allocating THREE.Quaternion instances in
 `setPackedSplat`

---
 src/utils.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index c88a549..94d8ced 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ export function setPackedSplat(
 
   // Alternate internal encodings commented out below.
   const uQuat = encodeQuatOctXy88R8(
-    new THREE.Quaternion(quatX, quatY, quatZ, quatW),
+    tempQuaternion.set(quatX, quatY, quatZ, quatW),
   );
   // const uQuat = encodeQuatXyz888(new THREE.Quaternion(quatX, quatY, quatZ, quatW));
   // const uQuat = encodeQuatEulerXyz888(new THREE.Quaternion(quatX, quatY, quatZ, quatW));