Doubt about rigidbody 2D

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Byl

Sorry but I have a strong doubt, I can't understand why in the godot documentation it says that a 2D rigid body can't be controlled directly and therefore only forces have to be applied to it while in the editor the rigid body has the property in the inspector, i.e. "input pickable" which as I understand it allows me to "pick up the object" and therefore control it directly via mouse or touch? Honestly I am starting to get a little confused... if anyone can make this aspect of the rigid body clear to me it would do me a big favor

fire7side

Byl pickable only means it can be detected by the mouse. It has to have a collision shape for that. And yes, you are supposed to use forces for movement. You might be able to use set_global_position(Vector2()) to follow the mouse.

the_maven

Basically there are:

Static Body - it don't move, where you put it in the game it will stand, can collide with RigidBody and KineticBody. And it can function as a escalator or conveyor belt;

Kinetic Body - you need coding to control or move it. It is used to player characters;

Rigid Body - it is the one which has Physics simulation and can be one of four Modes, Rigid (full Physics simulation) or Character ( has Physics simulation but doesn't rotate) or Static or Kinetic. To code you need to use Godot's Physics system, you can't simples code any of the RigidBody to one side or another, Physics forces need to be applied to them so they can move.