---
title: "Ignore Gravity"
description: "This example demonstrates how to prevent specific Matter.js physics bodies from being affected by world gravity using the setIgnoreGravity method."
phaser: "4.1.0"
size: "800x600"
files: 1
url: https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/matterjs/view/ignore-gravity
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

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# Ignore Gravity

This example demonstrates how to prevent specific Matter.js physics bodies from being affected by world gravity using the setIgnoreGravity method.

A Phaser 4.1.0 example in [Physics / Matterjs](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/matterjs.md). It runs at 800 × 600, and loads its assets from https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410. See it running, with its code, at https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/matterjs/view/ignore-gravity.

To run it, load Phaser 4.1.0 (`https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/phaser@4.1.0/dist/phaser.min.js`), then the file, on a page with a `<div id="game-container">`.

## Code

### ignore gravity.js

```js
class Example extends Phaser.Scene
{
    preload ()
    {
        this.load.setBaseURL('https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410');
        this.load.image('block', 'assets/sprites/block.png');
        this.load.image('platform', 'assets/sprites/platform.png');
    }

    create ()
    {
        this.matter.world.setBounds();

        //  This body isn't effected by Gravity
        this.matter.add.image(100, 100, 'block').setIgnoreGravity(true);

        this.matter.add.image(300, 100, 'block', null, { restitution: 0.6, frictionAir: 0, mass: 0.1 });
        this.matter.add.image(500, 100, 'block', null, { restitution: 0.8, frictionAir: 0, mass: 0.1 });
        this.matter.add.image(700, 100, 'block', null, { restitution: 1, frictionAir: 0, mass: 0.1 });
    }
}

const config = {
    scale: { mode: Phaser.Scale.FIT },
    type: Phaser.AUTO,
    width: 800,
    height: 600,
    backgroundColor: '#1b1464',
    parent: 'game-container',
    physics: {
        default: 'matter'
    },
    scene: Example
};

const game = new Phaser.Game(config);
```

## More in Matterjs

- [Add Matter Physics to a TileSprite](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/matterjs/view/add-body-to-tilesprite.md): Demonstrates how to apply Matter JS physics to a TileSprite, allowing it to have physical properties like gravity and collisions while maintaining its scrolling texture capabilities.
- [Basic Constraint](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/matterjs/view/basic-constraint.md): Demonstrates how to create a basic constraint between two Matter.js physics bodies, specifying the resting length and stiffness.
- [Circle Stack](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/matterjs/view/circle-stack.md): Demonstrates creating a grid of circular physics bodies using the Matter.js stack helper and manually syncing sprite positions to the physics engine.
- [Compound Body](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/matterjs/view/compound-body.md): Create a complex physics body in Matter.js by combining multiple primitive shapes, such as rectangles and circles, into a single compound object.
- [Create Matter.js Sensor](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/matterjs/view/create-sensor.md): Demonstrates how to create a sensor in Matter.js, allowing a physics body to detect collisions and triggers events without causing a physical reaction.
- [Destroy Matter Body](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/matterjs/view/destroy-body.md): Demonstrates how to remove a Matter.js physics body and its associated Game Object from the simulation using the destroy method.
- [Drag Matter Physics Bodies](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/matterjs/view/drag-with-pointer.md): Demonstrates how to enable interactive dragging of Matter.js physics bodies using a pointer constraint or mouse spring.
- [Drag Through Balls](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/matterjs/view/drag-through-balls.md): Demonstrates dragging a heavy Matter JS body through a field of particles that are configured to ignore direct pointer interaction.
- [Draw Chain](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/matterjs/view/draw-chain.md): Create a dynamic chain of Matter.js physics bodies by dragging the pointer, linking segments with constraints based on movement distance.
- [Draw Matter Triangles](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/matterjs/view/draw-triangles.md): Learn how to dynamically create small triangle physics bodies in the Matter.js engine by clicking and dragging the pointer.
- [Draw Stiff Line](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/matterjs/view/draw-stiff-line.md): Create a path of static Matter.js bodies connected by constraints while drawing with the mouse, forming a rigid obstacle for falling objects.
- [Drawing Smooth Physics Lines](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/matterjs/view/draw-smoother-stiff-line.md): Demonstrates how to create smooth visual paths using Spline curves while simultaneously generating a chain of static Matter.js bodies and constraints to act as physical barriers.
- [All 67 examples in Matterjs](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/physics/matterjs.md)

---

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