Sprite body rotation

[hellspawn_bg]

Hey guys, I have noticed that when I rotate my sprite by altering the angle, the physical body of the sprite doesn't get rotated. Any ideas why?

 

Here is my code:

 preload: function() {                this.starShip = this.add.sprite(this.world.centerX, this.world.centerY, 'starShip');        this.starShip.anchor.setTo(0.5, 0.5);                 // Needed for the collision detection        this.game.physics.arcade.enable(this.starShip);    },        update: function() {                // Player turns left        if (this.cursors.left.isDown) {                        this.starShip.angle -= 3;        }                // Player turns right        else if (this.cursors.right.isDown) {                        this.starShip.angle += 3;        }    },        render: function() {                this.game.debug.body(this.starShip);    }

And here is the result:

 

 

Thanks

 

[spencerTL]

Could be wrong on this but I think Arcade physics can only make use of bodies that are rectangular and unrotated.  I think you'd need to use P2 for what you want.  So effectively there is no point in the body rotating as it can't be used for the physics anyway.

[hellspawn_bg]

Strangely though, the physics arcade body has allowRotation property which returns true in my case.

[spencerTL]

True, and a rotation property according to the docs. My reasoning was based on Arcade physics being aabb so axis aligned bounding box.

I could well be wrong though. I've learnt a lot trying to answer questions on this forum but my answers are definitely less trustworthy than those of Lewster etc!

Actually i've just found an answer to this from lewster in this thread which explains the rotation property of body.

http://www.html5gamedevs.com/topic/6514-spriteangle-and-bodyrotation-questions/

3rd post in.