(Swift SpriteKit) Rotate sprite in the direction of touch

Question

On the screenshot provided, the red arrow and cross are just for demonstration purposes and are not in the game. I would like the sprite of the spaceship to face the direction o

Answer 1

If you want to rotate only you shouldn't call the moveTo action. Calculate the angle between touch location and location of the cannon and call action rotateToAngel

here is the code

        let angle = atan2(dy, dx) - CGFloat(M_PI_2)
        let direction = SKAction.rotateToAngle(angle, duration: 0.4, shortestUnitArc: true)
        cannon.runAction(direction)