Rotate Rigidbody 2D towards velocity

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I’m attempting to use this code from a previous AskUnity question to rotate the nose (the right edge) of a rectangle(Rigidbody2d) towards the velocity it is currently travelling.

“transform.rotation=Quaternion.SetLookRotation(velocity);”

I’ve converted the current velocity of my Rigidbody from a vector2 to a vector 3, but because it rotates the X axis, and not the Z axis, as soon as it rotates in the 3D space the item disappears. How would i rotate the right edge towards the velocity it’s travelling?

Thanks!

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Here is a bit of code that will rotate the object to face the direction of the velocity over time:

function Update () {
    var dir = rigidbody2D.velocity;
	var angle = Mathf.Atan2(dir.y, dir.x) * Mathf.Rad2Deg;
	var q = Quaternion.AngleAxis(angle, Vector3.forward);
	transform.rotation = Quaternion.RotateTowards(transform.rotation, q, rotateSpeed * Time.deltaTime); 
 
}

‘rotateSpeed’ is a variable you define and whose value is in degrees per second. If you want eased movement, replace ‘RotateTowards’ with ‘Slerp’ and adjust ‘rotateSpeed’ downwards a bunch.