Destroying a matter.js rectangle body

[Doug]

Hi all

I'm creating a matter.js rectangle body with the following code:

let wireRect = this.matter.add.rectangle(w.x, w.y, this.wireLength, 10, { 
            restitution: 0.9,
            isSensor: true,
            angle: angle
        });

I then later need to remove it from the game.

wireRect.destroy(); returns an error "wireRect.destroy is not a function".  I have another game in which I am using this.matter.add.image(XXX) and the .destroy() method works fine on those.

So I tried:

this.matter.world.remove(this.matter.world, wireRect);

That doesn't seem to work either.

I can see matter.body documentation https://photonstorm.github.io/phaser3-docs/MatterJS.Body.html, but can't see how I would find the correct destroy method for it.

Any ideas welcome please! 

Thanks

[rgk]

That is correct, it should remove the physics body. It seems you also have to remove the image though with wireRect.visible = false; for example.

[Doug]

Thanks very much.  However, the objects still accept collisions etc and also still show up in debug mode.  Have you had this working successfully?

Just out of interest, how did you get the "Phazer patron" badge to display (I am a patron, but it's not showing for me)?

[rgk]

@Doug contact @rich for the badge.

this.matter.world.remove(wireRect); don't include the world, I am testing on this example: https://labs.phaser.io/edit.html?src=src\physics\matterjs\rectangle body.js

[Doug]

You are a legend, thanks.  I can replicate this working in the example page you sent too   Will have a go at implementing in my code as soon as I have a chance.

Thanks very much!  Greatly appreciated.

[Doug]

Just to follow up on this, I can confirm that @rgk was right.  I changed the code to the following and it all works.  

this.matter.world.remove(this.wireRect);

Thanks again