--- title: "Plane" docs: "Phaser Guide" url: https://phaser.io/oss/docs/phaser/concepts/gameobjects/plane site: Phaser - https://phaser.io --- > This page is about the open-source Phaser framework, for writing a game's code by hand. To make a game with AI, use Phaser AE (https://phaser.io/): the desk's tools work with Web MCP, and the CLI works with your own coding agent. See "For AI agents: Phaser AE" at the end of this page. # Plane The Plane Game Object is a helper class that takes the Mesh Game Object and extends it, allowing for fast and easy creation of Planes. A Plane is a one-sided grid of cells, where you specify the number of cells in each dimension. The Plane can have a texture that is either repeated (tiled) across each cell, or applied to the full Plane. The Plane can then be manipulated in 3D space, with rotation across all 3 axis. This allows you to create effects not possible with regular Sprites, such as perspective distortion. You can also adjust the vertices on a per-vertex basis. Plane data becomes part of the WebGL batch, just like standard Sprites, so doesn't introduce any additional shader overhead. Because the Plane just generates vertices into the WebGL batch, like any other Sprite, you can use all of the common Game Object components on a Plane too, such as a custom pipeline, mask, blend mode or texture. You can use the `uvScroll` and `uvScale` methods to adjust the placement and scaling of the texture if this Plane is using a single texture, and not a frame from a texture atlas or sprite sheet. The Plane Game Object also has the Animation component, allowing you to play animations across the Plane just as you would with a Sprite. The animation frame size must be fixed as the first frame will be the size of the entire animation, for example use a `SpriteSheet`. Note that the Plane object is WebGL only and does not have a Canvas counterpart. The Plane origin is always 0.5 x 0.5 and _cannot be changed_. ## Load texture ```javascript this.load.image(key, url); ``` Reference: [load image](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/phaser/concepts/loader.md#image) ## Add plane object ```javascript var plane = this.add.plane(x, y, key); // var plane = this.add.plane(x, y, key, frame); // var plane = this.add.plane(x, y, texture, frame, width, height, tile); ``` - `x`, `y` : Position - `key`, `frame` : Texture key of - `width`, `height` : The width/height of this Plane, **in cells**, not pixels. - `tile` : Is the texture tiled? I.e. repeated across each cell. Add plane from JSON ```javascript var plane = this.make.plane({ x: 0, y: 0, key: '', // frame: '', // width: 8, // height: 8, // tile: false, // checkerboard: null, // checkerboard: { color1, color2, alpha1, alpha2, height } // angle: 0, // alpha: 1, // scale : { // x: 1, // y: 1 //}, // origin: {x: 0.5, y: 0.5}, add: true }); ``` ## Custom class - Define class ```javascript class MyPlane extends Phaser.GameObjects.Plane { constructor(scene, x, y, texture, frame, width, height, tile) { super(scene, x, y, texture, frame, width, height, tile); // ... this.add.existing(this); } // ... // preUpdate(time, delta) {} } ``` - `this.add.existing(gameObject)` : Adds an existing Game Object to this Scene. - If the Game Object renders, it will be added to the Display List. - If it has a `preUpdate` method, it will be added to the Update List. - Create instance ```javascript var plane = new MyPlane(scene, x, y, texture, frame, width, height, tile); ``` ## Texture See [game object - texture](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/phaser/concepts/gameobjects.md#textures) ## Animation See [Sprite's animation section](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/phaser/concepts/gameobjects/sprite.md#animation). ### Play animation - Play ```javascript plane.play(key); // plane.play(key, ignoreIfPlaying); ``` - `key` : Animation key string, or animation config - String key of animation - Animation config, to override default config ```javascript { key, frameRate, duration, delay, repeat, repeatDelay, yoyo, showOnStart, hideOnComplete, startFrame, timeScale } ``` - Play in reverse ```javascript plane.playReverse(key); // plane.playReverse(key, ignoreIfPlaying); ``` - `key` : Animation key string, or animation config - Play after delay ```javascript plane.playAfterDelay(key, delay); ``` - `key` : Animation key string, or animation config - Play after repeat ```javascript plane.playAfterRepeat(key, repeatCount); ``` - `key` : Animation key string, or animation config ### Stop - Immediately stop ```javascript plane.stop(); ``` - Stop after delay ```javascript plane.stopAfterDelay(delay); ``` - Stop at frame ```javascript plane.stopOnFrame(frame); ``` - `frame` : Frame object in current animation. ```javascript var currentAnim = plane.anims.currentAnim; var frame = currentAnim.getFrameAt(index); ``` - Stop after repeat ```javascript plane.stopAfterRepeat(repeatCount); ``` ### Properties - Has started ```javascript var hasStarted = plane.anims.hasStarted; ``` - Is playing ```javascript var isPlaying = plane.anims.isPlaying; ``` - Is paused ```javascript var isPaused = plane.anims.isPaused; ``` - Total frames count ```javascript var frameCount = plane.anims.getTotalFrames(); ``` - Delay ```javascript var delay = plane.anims.delay; ``` - Repeat - Total repeat count ```javascript var repeatCount = plane.anims.repeat; ``` - Repeat counter ```javascript var repeatCount = plane.anims.repeatCounter; ``` - Repeat delay ```javascript var repeatDelay = plane.anims.repeatDelay; ``` - Yoyo ```javascript var repeatDelay = plane.anims.yoyo; ``` - Current animation key ```javascript var key = plane.anims.getName(); ``` - `key` : Return `''` if not playing any animation. - Current frame name ```javascript var frameName = plane.anims.getFrameName(); ``` - `frameName` : Return `''` if not playing any animation. - Current animation ```javascript var currentAnim = plane.anims.currentAnim; ``` - Current frame ```javascript var currentFrame = plane.anims.currentFrame; ``` ## Interactive To test if pointer is at any face of this mesh game object. ```javascript plane.setInteractive(); ``` ## Checkerboard Creates a checkerboard style texture, based on the given colors and alpha values and applies it to this Plane, replacing any current texture it may have. - Create ```javascript plane.createCheckerboard(color1, color2, alpha1, alpha2, height) ``` - Remove ```javascript plane.removeCheckerboard(); ``` ## Other properties See [Mesh game object](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/phaser/concepts/gameobjects/mesh.md), [game object](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/phaser/concepts/gameobjects.md) ## Create mask ```javascript var mask = plane.createBitmapMask(); ``` See [mask](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/phaser/concepts/display.md#masks) ## Shader effects Support [postFX effects](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/phaser/concepts/gameobjects/shader.md) !!! note No preFX effect support ## Author Credits Content on this page includes work by: - [RexRainbow](https://github.com/rexrainbow) --- ## For AI agents: Phaser AE Phaser AE (Agentic Edition) is how people make games with AI on phaser.io. 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