Rotation and movement with the same virtual joystick help

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Hi, I’ve set up a basic movement script in a 2d top down shooter with a virtual joystick for android using simple joystick.horizontal/vertical inputs and moving the player via

rb.MovePosition(rb.position + move * speed * Time.deltaTime);

The problem I am facing is having the player rotate the movement direction. Using atan2 yielded a result of the player rotating properly but always facing the wrong way. Trying to correct it in start() did not work. I want the player to rotate the same way it would on a pc build with mouse controls. It’s my first mobile build and any help would be greatly appreciated.

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@DanteAlighieri_
Hi is first time when I post here so I don’t know how to post right. Here is my code for your game, I use it in my game just edit what you need.
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.EventSystems;
using UnityEngine.UI;
using UnityEngine.Diagnostics;

public class PlayerControll : MonoBehaviour
{

[SerializeField]
private float playerSpeed = 2.0f;

[Range(0, 2f)] public float MoveLimit = 0.8f;
[Range(0, 0.5f)] public float Deadzone = 0.2f;
[Range(0, 2f)] public float RotateLimit = 1f;

public LJoystick moveJoystick;
public RJoystick rotateJoystick;
public CharacterController controller;
public RGear RGear;
public float lerpTime = 1f;

public bool GoUp;

public List<float> MyZ = new List<float>();

private void Awake()
{
	GetComponent<CharacterController>();

}

private void FixedUpdate()
{

	float X = moveJoystick.LHorizontal;
	float Z = moveJoystick.LVertical;

	float moveValue = new Vector2(moveJoystick.LHorizontal, moveJoystick.LVertical).sqrMagnitude;
	if (moveValue >= MoveLimit)

	{

		Vector3 move = new Vector3(moveJoystick.LHorizontal , 0f, moveJoystick.LVertical).normalized;
		controller.Move( move * Time.deltaTime * playerSpeed);

	}

	float rotValue = new Vector2(moveJoystick.LHorizontal, moveJoystick.LVertical).sqrMagnitude;
	if (rotValue >= Deadzone)
	{

		if (RGear.R == false)
		{
			
			float heading = Mathf.Atan2(moveJoystick.LHorizontal,
				                         moveJoystick.LVertical) * Mathf.Rad2Deg;
			float angle = heading - transform.rotation.y;
			transform.rotation = Quaternion.Slerp(transform.rotation,
			                          Quaternion.Euler(0f, angle, 0f), Time.deltaTime * lerpTime);
			//Debug.Log("Calcul = " + (heading - transform.rotation.y));
			//Debug.Log("HEADING = " + heading);

		}

		if(RGear.R == true)
		{ 
			float heading = Mathf.Atan2(moveJoystick.LHorizontal, -moveJoystick.LVertical) * Mathf.Rad2Deg;
	

			transform.rotation = Quaternion.Slerp(transform.rotation, 
					                  Quaternion.Euler(0f, -heading, 0f), Time.deltaTime * lerpTime);
		
	    }

	}

}

}