Physics - How do I get Angle of Motion?

I'm trying to get the angle of motion of a physics object.

I've tried:

angle(0,0,sprite.Physics.VelocityX,sprite.Physics.VelocityY)[/code:3sjneo8s]

But sometimes I get a negative number. Am I doing this correctly? Or is there something I need to do to convert the negative?

I noticed this recently as well. Does the physics object have any joints on it? I'm wondering if the joints are affecting the value.

Perhaps you can record the last position it was at (in the previous event cycle), and calculate the current trajectory based on that?

No joints at the moment, no.

Hi Taurian Your formula looks ok.

Have you tried adding 360 if the result is negative? Would the angle look about right?

Negative angles are usually ok as well but, if you need to you can use this.

(angle(0,0,Sprite.Physics.VelocityX,Sprite.physics.velocityY)+360)%360[/code:10eqlqvk]

Hi Katala, yes that's kinda what I was getting at.

Katala, thanks that did it!