Move sprite towards another sprite

[rtlehr]

Hey all,

 

     Is there a way to move a sprite towards another sprite?  Like the example below, but instead of moving towards a pointer, move the objects towards another sprite.

 

 

http://examples.phaser.io/_site/view_full.html?d=arcade%20physics&f=move+towards+object.js&t=move%20towards%20object

 

Thanks,

Ross

[valueerror]

arcade or p2 physics ?

[rtlehr]

Arcade

[valueerror]

ok.. i'm not really good in arcade physics but you could use 

game.physics.arcade.angleBetween(object, target);

to get the angle between the 2 objects and apply the angle to the objects body and then set a velocity..   

 

that should work

[rtlehr]

ok, thanks.  I'll try that.

[lewster32]

As well as moveToPointer there's a moveToObject method:

game.physics.arcade.moveToObject(sprite, targetSprite, 200);

[rtlehr]

Thanks, that worked well.  This is what I ended up with

update: function()    {                    radians = game.physics.arcade.angleBetween(ufoSprite, humanSprite);                degrees = radians * (180/Math.PI);                        game.physics.arcade.velocityFromAngle(degrees, 300, ufoSprite.body.velocity);    }

[rtlehr]

I saw the "moveToObject" in the docs, but it said that "The display object does not continuously track the target. If the target changes location during transit the display object will not modify its course" and my "human" sprite is running from the UFO, so I did not think it would work.