Fixed position for a status bar under RigidBody2D

jgrauman

Hi,

I think there must be an easy solution to this, but it is escaping me. I have a RigidBody2D with a Sprite as a child. I want to have a status bar below the Sprite. I want it to follow the Sprite around. Unfortunately, when the Sprite rotates, the status bar rotates with it. I want it to be at a fixed location below the RigidBody2D, and not to rotate with the RigidBody2D. Is there an easy way to do this without constantly updating the position of the status bar in code?

jgrauman

The best way I found is to just constantly update the position and rotation in _process()

cybereality

I just realized what you were asking, and I think that is probably a good method. You can also look at the Y-Billboard mode on Spatial Material. Might also be a solution. https://docs.godotengine.org/en/3.0/tutorials/3d/spatial_material.html

jgrauman

Mine is a 2D game, so unless I'm mistaken, Spatial Material doesn't make sense... Thanks for the tip though.

TwistedTwigleg

You could use a RemoteTransform2D node. I've had mixed success with the 3D equivalent, but for things like this it might be useful.