Question

i have this problem when my Sprite rotation origin is fixed at top left corner of window (same with sprite.Draw and sprite.Draw2D)
Either way if i change rotation center it’s still at top left. I need sprite to rotate around its Z axis.

Edit:
I have tried this:

    hereMatrix pm = Matrix.Translation(_playerPos.X + 8, _playerPos.Y + 8, 0);
    sprite.Transform = Matrix.RotationZ(_angle) * pm;
    sprite.Draw(playerTexture, textureSize, new Vector3(8, 8, 0), new Vector3(_playerPos.X, _playerPos.Y, 0), Color.White);

But it does not seem to works well…

Answer 1

When you draw it, is it in the correct place?

I believe that the multiplication order is reversed, and that you shouldn’t be transforming by the players position in the transform.

// shift centre to (0,0)
sprite.Transform = Matrix.Translation(-textureSize.Width / 2, -textureSize.Height / 2, 0);

// rotate about (0,0)
sprite.Transform *= Matrix.RotationZ(_angle); 


sprite.Draw(playerTexture, textureSize, Vector3.Zero,
            new Vector3(_playerPos.X, _playerPos.Y, 0), Color.White);

Edit

You could also use the Matrix.Transformation method to get the matrix in one step.