How do I Execute _on_Area2D_body_entered when input is pressed

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How do I Execute _on_Area2D_body_entered when input is pressed

Casper35th

First of all, apologies if this has been answered but I cannot find the solution.

I've made a "teleporter" that is a Node2D with an Area2D inside of it and a Position2D. Right now if I walk into the teleporter it will successfully move the player to the location of the Position2D. However if I try to have it execute when input is pressed, it does nothing.

Any help would be much appreciated, thank you!

Working code:

extends Node2D


onready var destination = $Position2D


func _on_Area2D_body_entered(body: KinematicBody2D) -> void:
	if body.name == "Player":
		body.position = destination.global_position

Non working code:

extends Node2D


onready var destination = $Position2D


func _on_Area2D_body_entered(body: KinematicBody2D) -> void:
	if body.name == "Player" and Input.is_action_just_pressed("teleport"):
		body.position = destination.global_position

fire7side

It's a synchronization problem. Body entered only fires once, and is_action_pressed only fires once. If you used action_pressed, you would have to press before it entered the body and held. You could change a variable, depending on how many areas you have, like var exit_entered = false when not in and true when in, you would also have to change it back again after the body left back to false in a body exited function. Then you would test for the variable when the input was pressed but not in that function, in the process or in an input signal. You could also check for an overlap of the body and area when the input was pressed.

Zelta

i think, areas entered signals is triggered once, when the body/area enter them. so if the player does not enter in the area in the same frame when hitting the input, it does not work.

let say, "area entered" and "is in the area" is not same thing.

you could use overlapping areas, but maybe for only one body is not the best option. i think it works well with the input func, but it has a little delay for perf reasons and if the body is not moving sometimes does not detect it and is a pain.

maybe the easiest solution is create a trigger for the guy

var is_in_TP = false
var theguy
onready var destination = $Position2D

func _on_Area2D_body_entered():
if body.name == "Player":
	is_in_TP = true
		theguy = body

func _on_Area2D_body_exited():
if body.name == "Player":
	is_in_TP  = false


func _input(_event):
	if Input.is_action_just_pressed("teleport"):
		if is_in_TP :
			theguy.position = destination.global_position