I am trying a box2d body to rotate following the mouse. Here's an image to clarify what I mean.
The red and blue circles are current point of the mouse and the body (of corresponding color) moving/rotating to follow it. Basically the rectangle should rotate with its one end pointed towards where the mouse pointer is.
Here's my code so far,
World world;
Body body, bullet;
Box2DDebugRenderer debugRenderer;
OrthographicCamera camera;
@Override
public void create() {
world = new World(new Vector2(0, 0f), true);
debugRenderer = new Box2DDebugRenderer();
float w = Gdx.graphics.getWidth();
float h = Gdx.graphics.getHeight();
BodyDef bodyDef = new BodyDef();
bodyDef.type = BodyDef.BodyType.DynamicBody;
bodyDef.position.set(10, 10);
body = world.createBody(bodyDef);
PolygonShape shape = new PolygonShape();
shape.setAsBox(2, 5);
FixtureDef fixtureDef = new FixtureDef();
fixtureDef.shape = shape;
fixtureDef.density = 1f;
Fixture fixture = body.createFixture(fixtureDef);
shape.dispose();
Gdx.input.setInputProcessor(this);
camera = new OrthographicCamera(200, 100 * (h / w));
camera.position.set(camera.viewportWidth / 2f, camera.viewportHeight / 2f, 0);
camera.update();
}
@Override
public void render() {
Gdx.gl.glClearColor(1, 1, 1, 1);
Gdx.gl.glClear(GL20.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
world.step(Gdx.graphics.getDeltaTime(), 6, 2);
camera.update();
debugRenderer.render(world, camera.combined);
}
@Override
public boolean mouseMoved(int screenX, int screenY) {
int mouseX = screenX;
int mouseY = Gdx.graphics.getHeight() - screenY;
float rotateAngle = MathUtils.radiansToDegrees * MathUtils.atan2((float) mouseY - (float) body.getPosition().y, (float) mouseX - (float) body.getPosition().x);
body.setTransform(body.getPosition(), rotateAngle / 57.2957795f);
return true;
}
And here's a gif of how it appears now.
as you can see the body gets skewed and also doesn't rotate properly. What am I missing?
The skew looks like a problem with aspect correction, try,
or even,
To get the end of the box to follow the mouse as in the picture just redefine the box,