[Box2D] Multiple sprites for one body

[eddieone]

I think groups are not really possible with Box2D based on a post by Rich some where. Instead, I have made some text follow the player by setting it's x and y relative to the player's positions. It's look alright but has a floating appearance like the body moves away faster some of the time. Is there a way to get multiple sprite attached to a body without any floating?

[Tom Atom]

Hi, just use addChild on sprite. Added child sprite will not have body, but will move along with parent.

Look at image below - for test I added explosion as child to ball (with 50, 50 offset). As debug draw is on, you can see, that ball has body, while attached explosion not. If you need more complex collision shape, solve it through adding more fixtures to body.

[eddieone]

Ok thanks I will try that

[eddieone]

It worked like a charm, except the text had to be flipped when the character switches directions.

[Tom Atom]

You can create empty sprite (no graphical representation) with physical body of your need - as top of your hierarchy. Then you can add 2 children - one for your panda sprite, second for text. With this you will not need to flip text when sprite is flipped.

[eddieone]

Ah, good idea. I already used a blank sprite to get sprites behind my main character. So I just need to give the title it's own layer and make sure to only flip the character sprite. Thanks Tom!