Dynamically creating text with physics

[alexandernst 1]

Is there a way to create a text object with physics on it, the same way I'm able to create an image object, like this:

Phaser.Physics.Arcade.Image.call(this, scene, 0, 0, "my_image");

If there isn't a direct way of creating such thing, what would be a good alternative of having a dynamically generated text that acts like a game object with physics?

[samme 577]

You can try this.physics.world.enable(text) or whatnot.

[alexandernst 1]

Okey, I got it working with `Phaser.GameObjects.Text` and `physics.world.enable` as you said. But now I have another problem.

I'm trying to rotate the text and the physics body that is attached to it, but only the text itself is rotating.

 

Demo: http://plnkr.co/edit/G7obzt6xtwKJtYcv5oay?p=preview

 

[alexandernst 1]

Answering to my own question: rotation physics bodies is not possible with arcade physics. For this to be possible I'd need to switch to matter.js physics.

[PixelPicoSean 69]

Arcade physics of Phaser 3 does support rotation of body (using SAT algorithm), but the debug graphics simply draws a rectangle which I think is not finished yet.

[PixelPicoSean 69]

Sorry I just read the source code of arcade physics, it does not use SAT for collision detection and does not support rotation either.

[rich 2,463]

Arcade Physics 2 uses SAT but isn't in v3 yet. We basically ran out of time but will revisit it one day!