Unity2D analogue stick rotation?

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So i am using Unity2D with a load of Vector2s, and want to gradually rotate the character to aim in the direction the analogue stick is pointing.

However, when using my current code, as soon as the turn script is accessed, the character disappears. After some experimentation, I discovered that the character had snapped 90 degrees and was now balanced perpendicular, like paper mario.

I suspect there is a problem somewhere with Vector2 being x y, and so it wont quaternion around z

 void FixedUpdate()
 {
 
         float TurnV = Input.GetAxis("TurnV");
         float TurnH = Input.GetAxis("TurnH");
 
         aimDirection = new Vector2(TurnH, TurnV);
 
 
         if (TurnV != 0 && TurnH != 0)
 
         {
             catBody.transform.rotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(aimDirection);
         }
 
 }

Answer 1

Okay, my solution found from around the internet was to use Mathf.Atan2

Ends up looking like this:

 void FixedUpdate()
 {
         aimAngle = Mathf.Atan2(TurnH, TurnV) * Mathf.Rad2Deg;
 
             if (TurnV != 0 && TurnH != 0)
 
             {
                 catBody.transform.rotation = Quaternion.AngleAxis(aimAngle, Vector3.forward);
             }
 }

There are a few extra things, like having a check for the character being in the air, and catbody is the name of the rigidbody2d attached.

it's not perfect yet. I actually want to lerp between the current angle, and the analogue stick angle. But for a start, this works

=========== Edit:

Okay, I have already solved the lerp issue. Will try to include all the relevant code now:

     protected Rigidbody2D catBody;
     protected Vector2 aimDirection; //direction the cat is pointing, jump direction
     protected float aimAngle;
     protected Quaternion aimRotation;
 
     void Start ()
     {
         catBody = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D> ();
     }
 
 
     void FixedUpdate()
     {
         float TurnV = Input.GetAxis("TurnV");
         float TurnH = Input.GetAxis("TurnH");
 
         aimDirection = new Vector2(TurnH, TurnV);
         aimAngle = Mathf.Atan2(TurnH, TurnV) * Mathf.Rad2Deg;
 
 
             if (TurnV != 0 && TurnH != 0)
 
             {
                 aimRotation = Quaternion.AngleAxis(aimAngle, Vector3.forward);
                 catBody.transform.rotation = Quaternion.Slerp(catBody.transform.rotation, aimRotation, turnSpeed * Time.time);
             }

Outside of the code, the TurnV and TurnH input deadzone needs to be set to 0.03

Unity2D analogue stick rotation?

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